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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gift does Moon Orchid bring from Lovely Orchid?
(a) Spices.
(b) Cloth.
(c) Shoes.
(d) Sweets.

2. What does the rock candy Brave Orchid gives to the children meant to symbolize?
(a) A new taste.
(b) A change in beliefs.
(c) A sweet beginning.
(d) A difficult task ahead.

3. What does Brave Orchid's family use the back bedroom at the laundry for?
(a) Moon Orchid's bedroom.
(b) A place for punishing children.
(c) Sleeping on late nights and sick children.
(d) Extra storage for large orders.

4. Where does Maxine's mother prefer to study?
(a) In her room with other students.
(b) In her room alone.
(c) In the dining hall with other students.
(d) In the library alone.

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

6. What game do Brave Orchid and Moon Orchid watch in Chinatown?
(a) Skid Row.
(b) Chinese Checkers.
(c) Dice.
(d) Hemp-bird.

7. What does Moon Orchid's husband call Moon Orchid and Brave Orchid?
(a) Strangers.
(b) Grandmothers.
(c) Peasants.
(d) Friends.

8. What is one thing Moon Orchid learns to do at the laundry?
(a) Hang clothes.
(b) Run errands.
(c) Take orders.
(d) Fold towels.

9. What age does the document say Maxine's mother is?
(a) 35.
(b) 27.
(c) 25.
(d) 37.

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

11. What is the ghost that sits on top of Maxine's mother called?
(a) A Sitting Ghost.
(b) A Flying Ghost.
(c) A Tormenting Ghost.
(d) A Haunting Ghost.

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

13. How is Moon Orchid's daughter's husband described?
(a) As a loving husband.
(b) As timid.
(c) As a tyrant.
(d) As unintelligent.

14. How is Moon Orchid's husband's second wife described?
(a) She is smart and well-spoken.
(b) She is old and ugly.
(c) She is short and fat.
(d) She is young and pretty.

15. What figure do Maxine and her mother have as a totem?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A panther.
(c) A dragon.
(d) A lion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What gift does Moon Orchid bring for Brave Orchid?

2. How does Moon Orchid die?

3. With whom does Maxine's mother live while she attends medical school?

4. Why does Maxine's family tell ghost stories at the laundry when temperatures are high?

5. From whom does Brave Orchid buy her slave girl?

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