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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what city does Brave Orchid wait for Moon Orchid to arrive from China?
(a) San Diego.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) San Jose.
(d) Los Angeles.

2. How does Moon Orchid describe Brave Orchid's oldest daughter?
(a) Confusing and talkative.
(b) Silent and dumb.
(c) Messy and absent-minded.
(d) Picky and stubborn.

3. What does Maxine's mother earn a reputation for while she is at medical school?
(a) Being brilliant.
(b) Being dimwitted.
(c) Being loud.
(d) Being deceitful.

4. Where does Moon Orchid sit at the laundry?
(a) With the washing machines.
(b) In the back room.
(c) On a crate.
(d) Behind the counter.

5. What does the rock candy Brave Orchid gives to the children meant to symbolize?
(a) A difficult task ahead.
(b) A new taste.
(c) A change in beliefs.
(d) A sweet beginning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What age does Maxine say that her mother is?

2. What do the villagers admire Maxine's mother for when she first returns from medical school?

3. Which of these creatures does not drop out of the trees, according to Maxine's mother?

4. What does Maxine's mother bring to the haunted room at the school at night?

5. At the end of At the Western Palace, what does Brave Orchid warn her children of?

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