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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While playing with Lao one day, what doid Fats'ai cry out for?
(a) Lao to get him food.
(b) Lao to find his mother.
(c) Lao to let him out.
(d) Lao to run away.

2. What happened to Lao in 1881?
(a) Lao's sister died.
(b) Lao's husband died.
(c) Lao got married.
(d) Lao's mother remarried.

3. What does the region of P'englai include?
(a) The Water City.
(b) Lakes and valleys.
(c) Oceans and sand.
(d) Merchants and a prison.

4. How did Fats'ai's mother think her son died?
(a) That Lao "frightened him to death."
(b) That he ran into traffic.
(c) That the doctor misdiagnosed him.
(d) That he died of smallpox.

5. During the New Year's holiday of 1895, what did the Japanese do?
(a) Visit the area.
(b) Warn the country.
(c) Spread disease.
(d) Bomb the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Yintze do when her visits with the parents came to an end?

2. Where did Chang the Chen T'ai's Third and Fourth Mistresses live while Lao is in service?

3. What kind of cook was Lao's father?

4. Why did Lao return to the home of her husband?

5. Why was Lao sometimes unhappy at Major Liu's house?

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