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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. Why does Maxine feel her aunt's ghost is suffering?
(a) She must haunt the villagers.
(b) She has unfinished business.
(c) She is loved by others.
(d) She must fight for food.

2. While working at the paint shop, what is the name of the color that offends Maxine?
(a) Gook white.
(b) Nigger yellow.
(c) Chinese yellow.
(d) China white.

3. What does the old couple give the girl, now a young woman, as a parting gift?
(a) Fifteen beads.
(b) A magic sword.
(c) A water gourd.
(d) Two rabbit ears.

4. Why is Maxine fired from her job at the land developer's association?
(a) She refuses to marry her boss.
(b) She refuses to type invitations.
(c) She refuses to paint with a certain color.
(d) She refuses to answer the phones.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the Chinese afraid of drowned ghosts?

2. How often does Maxine's mother tell stories?

3. What character does "No Name Woman" most likely refer to?

4. Which of these is a possibility Maxine considers to explain her aunt's pregnancy?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In "White Tigers," for what purpose do the woman and her husband have a one-month ceremony?

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

3. According to Moon Orchid, which of Brave Orchid's children are happy?

4. Why do you think the narrator feels that her American success is sometimes useless? Give an example to support your position.

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

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

7. When she is about to stay overnight in the haunted room at school, what does the narrator's mother tell the other girls at medical school to do if they find her very afraid in the morning?

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

9. Why do you think the author emphasized that all of Brave Orchid's children majored in science and math?

10. Explain how the narrator's aunt dies.

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