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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Lus send to Lily's family on the second day of her marriage?
(a) Pork and sweet cakes.
(b) Card.
(c) Tea.
(d) Goat.

2. Who is Snow Flower marrying?
(a) A farmer.
(b) A paper merchant.
(c) A butcher.
(d) A well-respected landowner.

3. Who is never allowed inside Lily's family home again after talking negatively about Snow Flower's family?
(a) Mr. Lu.
(b) Madame Gao.
(c) Madame Wang.
(d) Mr. Wang.

4. What does Snow Flower teach Lily through her example when they are at the Temple of Gupo?
(a) How to chew gum and blow bubbles.
(b) How to run fast.
(c) Rules of etiquette.
(d) How to tell a joke.

5. What does Lily compare herself and Snow Flower with in "The Fan"?
(a) Swans.
(b) Robins.
(c) Mandarin ducks.
(d) Swallows.

6. How long must Lily wait to walk down the stairs after her feet are bound?
(a) Two years.
(b) Ten days.
(c) Six years.
(d) Four months.

7. How is Snow Flower dressed when Lily visits her home for the first time?
(a) Wearing red silk pants.
(b) In a beautiful robe.
(c) A dress worthy of a rich woman.
(d) Gray, padded, ill-fitting clothes.

8. What does laotong mean?
(a) Late afternoon.
(b) Old same.
(c) Neighbors.
(d) Ancestors.

9. What does Diviner Hu announce to the family about Lily?
(a) She is too happy.
(b) She should learn to write French poems.
(c) She is not an ordinary child.
(d) She will make nice quilts.

10. What does Lily's aunt want the girls to know about in the outside world?
(a) Birds of prey.
(b) The alleys of the village.
(c) How to swim.
(d) Climbing trees.

11. Who is Madame Gao?
(a) Local matchmaker.
(b) Seamstress.
(c) Cook.
(d) Neighbor.

12. How long is the mourning period for Lily's grandmother and sister?
(a) Three years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Three months.
(d) One year.

13. What do the eggs and rice represent that Lily's family sends to the grooms' families?
(a) Success.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Fertility.
(d) Royalty.

14. Who acted cheerfully in Lily's childhood home?
(a) Grandparents.
(b) Mother.
(c) Father.
(d) Her aunt and uncle.

15. Why does Madame Wang take Lily and Snow Flower to the fair at the Temple of Gupo?
(a) To get some outdoor exercise.
(b) To play with other girls their age.
(c) To write their contracts.
(d) To go to a river for a picnic.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lily say her grandmother looked like to her when she was five?

2. What pattern is embroidered on Lily's green silk jacket that she wears to visit Snow Flower in "Truth"?

3. How does Lily's mother treat her?

4. Who is Madame Wang related to by birth?

5. What does Madame Wang tell Snow Flower to do for Beautiful Moon after she has died?

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