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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lao say about working for foreign missionaries?
(a) It is harder to watch their children.
(b) It is easier than working for Chinese families.
(c) They will not allow their maids to leave.
(d) They do not pay decent wages.

2. In 1899, how was Lao's husband's opium use?
(a) Mellowed.
(b) Sickening him.
(c) Gone.
(d) At a high point.

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

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

5. Who helped with Mantze's wedding?
(a) Lao's parents.
(b) Lao and her friends.
(c) Li Yuntze's parents.
(d) Lao's parents.

6. Why did Major Liu's family not contract smallpox?
(a) They left the house immediately.
(b) They were vaccinated.
(c) They did contract smallpox.
(d) They have already had smallpox.

7. Why did Liu Ma become Lao's "sworn mother"?
(a) The sworn mother knew Lao's birth mother.
(b) Lao's former mistress wants her to have one.
(c) Lao needs help with Mantze.
(d) The sworn mother has devious reasons.

8. After employment with Change the Chen, where did Lao work?
(a) In a stable.
(b) With an opium-addicted woman.
(c) Away from home.
(d) At a bar.

9. What kind of demands did Chinese families have for their maids?
(a) They demand more without paying more.
(b) They have fewer demands of their maids than foreign missionaries.
(c) They have standard demands-the same everywhere.
(d) They are willing to pay more when they demand more.

10. Why did Mantze return home after her marriage?
(a) Mantze's husband died.
(b) Mantze neeed to help her mother.
(c) Her husband beat her.
(d) Lao could not afford to maintain two households.

11. What did Lao take to the home of Liu Ma?
(a) Family bibles.
(b) Money.
(c) Food.
(d) An infant.

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

13. Where could Mantze not learn to be a good servant for her future mother-in-law?
(a) At a unsafe location.
(b) In a house where the food is provided by others.
(c) In a rich country.
(d) With her mother.

14. At Major Liu's house, whom did Lao live with?
(a) Major Liu's second wife and her children.
(b) Major Liu and his family.
(c) Lao lived in the servant's house, alone.
(d) Both of Major Liu's wives.

15. How many wives did Chang the Chen T'ai have?
(a) Two.
(b) One.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mantze's mother-in-law send for Mantze's baby?

2. What kind of other servants lived with Lao at Major Liu's house?

3. What did Lao and her husband do for Mantze's husband?

4. In 1899, why did Lao share a pallet with her husband?

5. What did Lao share about Ch'ien Lao-yeh's family?

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