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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While with her army, what does the woman do at night?
(a) Sings to her army.
(b) Tells stories to her friends.
(c) Prays for her parents.
(d) Wishes for a child.

2. What does the woman give the women with bound feet?
(a) New shoes.
(b) Beads.
(c) Salve and prayers.
(d) Bags of rice.

3. Which of these Chinese customs does Maxine comment on?
(a) Walking erect.
(b) Talking loudly.
(c) Remaining silent at the dinner table.
(d) All of the above.

4. When Maxine's father leaves China, what country does he go to?
(a) Korea.
(b) Japan.
(c) Canada.
(d) America.

5. Which of these is a possibility Maxine considers to explain her aunt's pregnancy?
(a) Her aunt had a child born from the gods.
(b) Her aunt was re-married to another man.
(c) Her aunt visited her husband in America.
(d) Her aunt was a wild woman and enjoyed the man she was with.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the other meaning of the Chinese word for female?

2. What happens to Maxine's aunt the night her baby is due?

3. What does Maxine's aunt do after delivering her baby?

4. What is the woman distracted by that leads to her capture?

5. What animal appears as a sign that it is time for the young woman to leave her parents to fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "White Tigers," explain how the girl knows time is passing in her visions.

2. What are some things Moon Orchid has trouble adjusting to in America? Name at least three things.

3. What are some of the "battles" the narrator feels she must face as a woman warrior in modern society? Name at least two.

4. Why are the Chinese afraid of the ghosts of people who died in the manner of the narrator's aunt?

5. How did the women at medical school change the rituals the narrator's mother describes?

6. Does the narrator's aunt haunt the narrator in this first section of the novel?

7. What bothers the narrator the most about the mentally retarded man who comes and sits in the laundry?

8. In "White Tigers," who does the woman feel is riding with her while she is with her army?

9. Describe the narrator's relationship with other students in her elementary school.

10. How does the narrator feel when she is told not to speak of her aunt?

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