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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From whom does Brave Orchid buy her slave girl?
(a) A friend.
(b) A professional.
(c) The village leader.
(d) A family member.

2. How does Moon Orchid describe Brave Orchid's oldest daughter?
(a) Silent and dumb.
(b) Confusing and talkative.
(c) Messy and absent-minded.
(d) Picky and stubborn.

3. What document does Maxine's mother have mailed to America?
(a) Her medical diploma.
(b) Her husband's birth certificate.
(c) Her marriage license.
(d) Her birth certificate.

4. According to Moon Orchid, what does a daughter having a curled upper lip indicate?
(a) A mark of goodness.
(b) A poor seamstress.
(c) An unlucky woman.
(d) A blessed child.

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

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

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

8. What age does Maxine say that her mother is?
(a) 37.
(b) 35.
(c) 27.
(d) 25.

9. What occupation does Moon Orchid's husband have?
(a) He is a pediatrician.
(b) He is a nurse.
(c) He is an emergency medical technician.
(d) He is a brain surgeon.

10. How much does Maxine's mother say the slave girl cost?
(a) 50 dollars.
(b) 100 dollars.
(c) 250 dollars.
(d) 200 dollars.

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

12. 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 are family photographs on the walls.
(c) There is wallpaper on the walls.
(d) There are dolls hanging on the walls.

13. What does Maxine's mother earn a reputation for while she is at medical school?
(a) Being loud.
(b) Being deceitful.
(c) Being dimwitted.
(d) Being brilliant.

14. What does Maxine's mother think has poisoned her?
(a) LSD in her cough medicine.
(b) The ghosts from her stories.
(c) Oil in her drinking water.
(d) Her daughter's soup.

15. According to the fortune teller, what is the number of the universe?
(a) 6.
(b) 12.
(c) 7.
(d) 14.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Moon Orchid's daughter's husband described?

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

3. Why does Maxine's mother burn candles in the laundry?

4. What is the ghost that sits on top of Maxine's mother called?

5. What does immigration ask Maxine's mother about the narrator's father?

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