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

2. What did Lao believe is the only thing a woman has?

3. What happened when two wives quarrel over Chang the Chen T'ai's favor one day?

4. Why was Lao sometimes unhappy at Major Liu's house?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lao explain why she likes working for foreign missionaries more than working for Chinese families?

2. How had Mantze's husband changed when he returned after the birth of Mantze's second daughter?

3. What did readers learn about Mantze as she charmed Third Mistress?

4. What did Lao realize while she was at Ch'ien Lao-yeh's house?

5. How did Lao arrange Mantze's future?

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

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

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

9. What happened with Lao when she quarreled with her mistress at Major Liu's house?

10. What does Lao recount about the three times that she "died"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Lao's relationship with Mantze and then later with Sue Teh demonstrate the change in women over generations?

Essay Topic 2

How did Lao follow customs, traditions and expectations society has for her?

Essay Topic 3

How did the fortune teller influence Lao's life?

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