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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Lao witness in Newchang?
(a) People fleeing the country.
(b) Food wasted.
(c) The carnage of an accident from a ship.
(d) A government destroying records.

4. What did Liu Ma promise concerning Lao?
(a) To keep her job while she is gone.
(b) To take care of her children since Lao cannot.
(c) To give will her money when she dies.
(d) To care for her as a mother would.

5. What kind of demands did foreign families have for their maids?
(a) Children to watch and teach.
(b) Meals to prepare for large parties.
(c) Clothes to wash, sew and mend.
(d) Floors to mop and other things that need done.

Short Answer Questions

1. What best describes Lao's employers at Major Liu's house?

2. How doid Mantze charm the Third Mistress?

3. What did Lao take to the home of Liu Ma?

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

5. What happens to the bride of the oldest son of Major Liu's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lao's life with the military officials begin?

2. Why did Lao leave Major Liu's house a second time?

3. Why did Lao invite her husband back into her life?

4. How does Lao like working for Chinese families more than working for foreign missionaries?

5. How did Lao feel when her husband died? Why?

6. How did Li Yuntz and his family handle Mantze's pregnancies?

7. What happened the day a shaman arrived at Chang the Chen T'ai's house?

8. Why did Lao make life plans for Mantze?

9. How did Lao help the master with the mistresses during a fight?

10. How did Lao feel about her overall life with Major Liu?

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