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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 add a word to boys' names?
(a) She does not have any brothers of her own.
(b) She feels it shows sisterly affection.
(c) It is part of the Chinese culture.
(d) It is a sign of romantic affection.

2. Who does the narrator's mother say Maxine can tell about her aunt?
(a) Only friends of the family.
(b) No one.
(c) Just her father.
(d) Just her sisters.

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

4. Where does Maxine's aunt deliver her baby?
(a) In the garden.
(b) In the pigsty.
(c) In her sister-in-law's home.
(d) In her home.

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 a wild woman and enjoyed the man she was with.
(c) Her aunt visited her husband in America.
(d) Her aunt was re-married to another man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose ghost haunts Maxine?

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

3. For what reason does the woman hide from battle?

4. Who tells Maxine the story of her aunt?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When does the narrator throw temper tantrums?

2. What did the narrator's term "FOBs" stand for?

3. What happens to the baron's family after the woman beheads the baron?

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

5. Why did the narrator's mother did not mind girls cheating off of her in school?

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

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

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

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

10. Explain how the narrator's aunt dies.

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