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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Why was Moon Orchid finally able to come to the United States?
(a) Her husband finally invited her to come.
(b) Brave Orchid sent money to China fo her.
(c) Her husband died in the United States.
(d) Her daughter married a Chinese-American man.

5. 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.

6. According to Moon Orchid, what Chinese word does Brave Orchid's oldest daughter's name sound like?
(a) Pig.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Ink.
(d) Rat.

7. 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 marry young.
(d) Not to live alone.

8. How does Brave Orchid view her sister when Moon Orchid first arrives?
(a) Sloppy and messy-looking.
(b) Delicate and high-class.
(c) Old and disconnected.
(d) Sharp and witty.

9. What does the slave girl have to do to pass Brave Orchid's test?
(a) Write a word from memory.
(b) Explain her knowledge of medicine.
(c) Tie a certain kind of knot.
(d) Lift more than 30 pounds.

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

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

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

13. Where was Moon Orchid living in China before she came to America?
(a) A small village.
(b) Beijing.
(c) Hong Kong.
(d) Peiping.

14. What country does Brave Orchid believe her son is in?
(a) The Philippines.
(b) Japan.
(c) China.
(d) Vietnam.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Moon Orchid think Brave Orchid's children are vain?

3. According to Moon Orchid, what does a daughter having a curled upper lip indicate?

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

5. When does the ghost leave Maxine's mother?

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