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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Maxine's mother make for people to end infertility?
(a) Soup.
(b) Salves.
(c) Totems.
(d) Roots.

2. Which of these creatures does not drop out of the trees, according to Maxine's mother?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) Were-people.
(c) Apes.
(d) Thieves.

3. What does Moon Orchid notice about the walls in Brave Orchid's home that is unacceptable in China?
(a) There are curtains on the windows.
(b) There is wallpaper on the walls.
(c) There are dolls hanging on the walls.
(d) There are family photographs on the walls.

4. With whom does Maxine's mother live while she attends medical school?
(a) Two other girls.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Five other girls.

5. Where does Moon Orchid sit at the laundry?
(a) Behind the counter.
(b) In the back room.
(c) With the washing machines.
(d) On a crate.

6. Where was the first place Brave Orchid set foot in America?
(a) San Francisco.
(b) Ellis Island.
(c) Jacksonville.
(d) Los Angeles.

7. What does the piece of wood smell like when the girls burn it?
(a) Mold.
(b) Perfume.
(c) A gas leak.
(d) A corpse.

8. When does the ghost leave Maxine's mother?
(a) When the narrator's mother screams.
(b) When the dawn comes.
(c) When the narrator's mother recites a chant.
(d) When the school alarm goes off.

9. For what profession does Brave Orchid tell the dealer she will train the slave girl?
(a) A weaver.
(b) A gardener.
(c) A storyteller.
(d) A nurse.

10. Why does Maxine's mother burn candles in the laundry?
(a) To ward off the ghosts.
(b) To make needed wax.
(c) To dry the germs.
(d) To light the laundry.

11. When was Maxine born?
(a) During World War II.
(b) Well before World War II.
(c) In the 19th Century.
(d) Well after World War II.

12. How does Moon Orchid die?
(a) She slips and falls while walking.
(b) She has a heart attack.
(c) She dies in her sleep.
(d) She commits suicide.

13. How do Brave Orchid and Moon Orchid get Moon Orchid's husband to come outside of his building?
(a) They send Brave Orchid's daughter inside to get him.
(b) They pretend they are important clients who will not enter the building.
(c) They pretend a woman has broken her leg in the street.
(d) They send him a message to tell him they are outside.

14. What illness does Maxine get while at her parent's house?
(a) A spider headache.
(b) A fever and delirium.
(c) A pain in her heart.
(d) Whooping cough.

15. Which of these is not an option Brave Orchid presents to Moon Orchid for jobs?
(a) Working in the canneries.
(b) Working as a bank teller.
(c) Working at a restaurant in Chinatown.
(d) Working as a maid.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Moon Orchid describe Brave Orchid's oldest daughter?

2. How does Brave Orchid view her sister when Moon Orchid first arrives?

3. What figure do Maxine and her mother have as a totem?

4. What gift does Moon Orchid bring from Lovely Orchid?

5. In Brave Orchid's story of the emperor with four wives, which of the four wives does Brave Orchid feel Moon Orchid is most similar to?

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