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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Mantze learn at Chang the Chen T'ai's house?
(a) To scrub and cook.
(b) To cheat and steal.
(c) To iron and clean.
(d) To sew and read.

3. Who lived with Lao at her husband's house?
(a) Another family.
(b) Lao's sister.
(c) The wife of her husband's cousin.
(d) Only her husband.

4. What happened when two wives quarrel over Chang the Chen T'ai's favor one day?
(a) Lao was called to intervene.
(b) The shaman was called.
(c) The master leaves.
(d) Another wife was called to help.

5. What did Lao's husband do with their youngest daughter?
(a) Beat her.
(b) Put her up for adoption.
(c) Sold her.
(d) Sent her to school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Major Liu's family not contract smallpox?

2. How did Lao feel about the wife of her husband's cousin living with her?

3. What relation was Ch'ien Lao-yeh to Lao?

4. Where did Lao and her family live by?

5. What freedom did Lao's mother allow her as a child?

(see the answer key)

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