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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. Which of these is a possibility Maxine considers to explain her aunt's pregnancy?
(a) Her aunt was raped.
(b) Her aunt was not actually pregnant.
(c) Her aunt was pregnant before her husband left.
(d) Her aunt was tortured.

2. What type of grades does Maxine get in school?
(a) She only gets As in math.
(b) Straight As.
(c) Bs and Cs.
(d) Ds and Fs.

3. What did a medium once tell Maxine?
(a) That the narrator could be a medium.
(b) That the narrator would live a long life.
(c) That the narrator would never marry.
(d) That the narrator would be troubled by ghosts.

4. What does Maxine question about her mother's stories?
(a) If she has changed the names.
(b) If they are warnings for the future.
(c) If she believes them herself.
(d) If they are all true.

5. What is the woman's first enemy?
(a) The emperor.
(b) A giant.
(c) Another army.
(d) A thief.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Maxine the story of her aunt?

2. Which of these Chinese customs does Maxine comment on?

3. When the girl sees visions of people spinning in the fire, what do these people turn into?

4. When Maxine's father leaves China, who goes with him?

5. What is the first thing the girl has to learn to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Moon Orchid's husband react when he sees her?

2. What is narrator's impression of her mother when looking at the old medical school photograph?

3. Why might the narrator's mother call the narrator her biggest daughter instead of her oldest daughter?

4. What was Crazy Mary's appearance, according to the narrator's description?

5. Why does the narrator always add the word "brother" to boys' names?

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

7. Who does the narrator believe is the crazy person in her home?

8. Do you think the narrator's aunt was a victim or an adultress? Explain why or why not.

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

10. Why are the narrator and her sister referred to a therapist?

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