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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Two.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What best describes Lao's employers at Major Liu's house?
(a) Easy-going and kind.
(b) Cruel and mean.
(c) Selfish and hurtful.
(d) Indifferent and quiet.

2. What kind of man was Chang the Chen T'ai?
(a) A greedy chef.
(b) A high military official.
(c) A loyal patrolman.
(d) A dishonest businessman.

3. What did the bride of the oldest son of Major Liu's house do?
(a) Stole money for alcohol.
(b) Baked with the servants.
(c) Had affairs.
(d) Smoked lots of opium.

4. What relation was Ch'ien Lao-yeh to Lao?
(a) Her new master.
(b) Her lawyer.
(c) Her tax official.
(d) Her guard.

5. What did Lao's mother struggle with when she had her own household?
(a) How to buy food.
(b) How to cook well.
(c) How to organize.
(d) How to handle a household.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lao's father do to earn money for the family?

2. During Lao's pregnancies, what was her life like?

3. What kind of hours did Lao's husband keep?

4. Initially, how long was Mantze allowed to be with Lao at Chang the Chen T'ai's house?

5. During the New Year's holiday of 1895, what did the Japanese do?

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