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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city does Brave Orchid wait for Moon Orchid to arrive from China?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) San Jose.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) San Diego.

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

3. At the end of At the Western Palace, what does Brave Orchid warn her children of?
(a) Not to depend on others for money.
(b) Not to let their father marry another woman.
(c) Not to marry young.
(d) Not to live alone.

4. What do the villagers admire Maxine's mother for when she first returns from medical school?
(a) She is well dressed.
(b) She has an education.
(c) She has a slave.
(d) She lost weight.

5. 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 a woman has broken her leg in the street.
(c) They send him a message to tell him they are outside.
(d) They pretend they are important clients who will not enter the building.

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

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

8. What does Maxine's mother bring to the haunted room at the school at night?
(a) A stick and a diary.
(b) A blanket and a pen.
(c) A totem and a crystal.
(d) A knife and a novel.

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

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

11. How does Moon Orchid interact with the narrator?
(a) Moon Orchid is outspokenly afraid of the narrator.
(b) The narrator is Moon Orchid's favorite of all of the children.
(c) The narrator is the only American Moon Orchid will talk to.
(d) Moon Orchid treats the narrator like all of Brave Orchid's children.

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

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

14. Where is Moon Orchid finally happy living?
(a) In a mental asylum.
(b) In her own apartment.
(c) In her daughter's house.
(d) In Brave Orchid's house.

15. What does Moon Orchid think Brave Orchid's children smell like?
(a) Milk.
(b) Sweat.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Dust.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Maxine's mother buy in China to act as a bodyguard?

2. What substance is on the piece of wood the girls find under the bed?

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

4. What does Brave Orchid buy for her father?

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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