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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book Three, Pages 175-248.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often did Lao visit her parents while she was married?
(a) Twice a year.
(b) Regulary.
(c) Once a day.
(d) Never.

2. What did Lao's father do to earn money for the family?
(a) Distributed drugs.
(b) Sold cakes.
(c) Sewed.
(d) Cleaned houses.

3. Where did Chang the Chen T'ai's Third and Fourth Mistresses live while Lao is in service?
(a) With the servants.
(b) In an apartment.
(c) At another house.
(d) At his house.

4. During the New Year's holiday of 1895, where did Lao get temporary work?
(a) On the streets begging.
(b) For the Yin family at the Shou Pei.
(c) At her old house cleaning floors.
(d) With the Lius at a new business venture.

5. Whom did Lao take with her to Cheefoo?
(a) Only Mantze.
(b) Her employer.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mei Yun had her first child, what made her sad?

2. What did Lao's mother struggle with when she had her own household?

3. What condition did Mantze's husband leave her in?

4. How did Fats'ai's mother think her son died?

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

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