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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 talked loudly and was punished by the gods.
(b) Her aunt carried the baby for her sister.
(c) Her aunt was unusually beloved by her family for being a girl.
(d) Her aunt was not human.

2. What does legend say happens to the women with bound feet?
(a) They all die once their feet are unbound.
(b) They become immortal and protect the woman's army.
(c) They form a mercenary army that buys babies.
(d) They form a convent and pray for the woman warrior.

3. What does Maxine say about the separation between China and America?
(a) There is a lack of separation.
(b) There is a separation in ghost stories.
(c) There is a huge separation in culture.
(d) Her mother does not acknowledge a separation.

4. When did Maxine's aunt marry her husband?
(a) A year before her baby was born.
(b) A year before he left for America.
(c) The day before he left for America.
(d) The day before her baby was born.

5. According to Chinese custom, where would Maxine's mother and aunt have lived after their husbands left?
(a) In the same home.
(b) In their own homes.
(c) Outside the village
(d) With their in-laws.

Short Answer Questions

1. What group terrorizes Maxine's family in China?

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

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

4. Where does Maxine attend college in the sixties?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How the narrator feels about the quiet girl at school?

5. What does speaking American feminine mean to the narrator?

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

7. As an adult, why does the narrator refuse to cook, clean, or wash dishes?

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

9. What is one thing Moon Orchid notices about Brave Orchid's home that she thinks is strange? Explain why she thinks it is strange.

10. What is Moon Orchid's first impressions of Brave Orchid's husband?

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