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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. What character does "No Name Woman" most likely refer to?
(a) The narrator's aunt.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The narrator's mother.
(d) The narrator's grandmother.

2. In No Name Woman, who is telling the story?
(a) The mother.
(b) The narrator.
(c) The author.
(d) The aunt.

3. Where does the girl stay at the top of the mountain?
(a) A hut.
(b) A rock shelter.
(c) A tent.
(d) A cave.

4. How old is Maxine at the beginning of the fantastical story she tells about herself?
(a) Seven years old.
(b) Fourteen years old.
(c) Ten years old.
(d) Fifteen years old.

5. What is the first thing the girl has to learn to do?
(a) Survive in the wild alone.
(b) Exercise and become strong.
(c) Make a fire with sticks.
(d) Be quiet and kneel all day.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the girl meet at the top of the mountain?

2. Why do the young woman's parents carve words into her back upon her return?

3. Which of these ideas is not introduced in "No Name Woman"?

4. What do the traditional Chinese stories, like those told by Maxine's mother, teach Chinese girls they can be?

5. Where does Maxine's aunt deliver her baby?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe one possibility the narrator considers to explain how her aunt may have become pregnant.

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

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

5. Do you think the story of the narrator's aunt is true? Explain why or why not.

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

7. What do Brave Orchid's daughters learn from watching what happens between Moon Orchid and her husband?

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

9. Explain how the girl in the white tigers fantasy story meets the old couple who train her.

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

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