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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 re-tell her aunts story?
(a) So she can break the curse of her aunt.
(b) So she can be haunted by ghosts.
(c) So she can depict the aunt in a better light.
(d) So her mother will be angry.

2. How does the woman kill the baron of her village?
(a) She poisons his dinner in his hut.
(b) She leads him to run off a cliff.
(c) She sends her army after him.
(d) She distracts him and cuts off his head.

3. In the white crane boxing story, what does the spirit of the white crane later become?
(a) An old woman.
(b) A child.
(c) An old man.
(d) A black crane.

4. Which of these is a possibility Maxine considers to explain her aunt's pregnancy?
(a) Her aunt was not human.
(b) Her aunt talked loudly and was punished by the gods.
(c) Her aunt was unusually beloved by her family for being a girl.
(d) Her aunt carried the baby for her sister.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Kuan Kung?

3. What is the main reason Maxine's mother likes to tell stores?

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

5. Why does Maxine feel her aunt's ghost is suffering?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why doesn't the narrator visit her parents often?

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

3. How do Moon Orchid and Brave Orchid act when they are reunited for the first time in years?

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

5. What happens when the woman warrior's army reaches Peiping?

6. How does the title of the section, "Shaman," relate to the stories told in the section?

7. Explain how the narrator's aunt dies.

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

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

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

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