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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. With what did the wife of Lao's husband's cousin help Lao?

2. What did Lao's husband become addicted to?

3. What sort of events happened in the village, according to Lao?

4. In the past, what was Lao's family's financial situation?

5. Whom did Fats'ai's mother blame for his death?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lao behave when she visited her parents?

2. What began to happen to Lao's household before Mantze was born?

3. What sort of jobs did Lao's father keep during her youth?

4. Why would neighbors criticize Lao's mother?

5. What was Lao's husband like during the early part of their marriage?

6. Whom did Lao friend at her husband's home?

7. How did Lao's brother treat her?

8. After Lao's two daughters were born, what life choice did she make?

9. When did Chinese ladies get married?

10. What happened to Fats'ai?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who struggled the most with her husband, Lao or Mantze?

Essay Topic 2

Which of Lao's children helped her the most? Why?

Essay Topic 3

How did superstitions and beliefs play a role in the book?

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