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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What kind of animal personality does Lily say Snow Flower's mother-in-law has?
(a) Horse.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Goat.
(d) Rat.
2. Why does Lily sweep three times a day in her sleeping chamber?
(a) She is worried about dirt.
(b) To frighten away ghosts hunting for prey.
(c) There are too many bugs.
(d) She has nothing else to do.
3. Who does Lily go in search of while in the mountains?
(a) Madame Wang.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Her brother and sister.
(d) Snow Flower's son.
4. What job does Lily's husband give to Snow Flower's son?
(a) Rent collector.
(b) Salt seller.
(c) Butcher.
(d) Farmer.
5. What does Lily say about Snow Flower's voice when she chants the Yao story?
(a) Clear and beatiful.
(b) Just a whispher.
(c) Too loud.
(d) Scratchy.
6. What do Snow Flower and her family serve Lily for dinner when she visits in the beginning of "Into the Mountains"?
(a) Pigeon.
(b) Pig.
(c) Fish.
(d) Duck.
7. What does Lily accuse Snow Flower of breaking in their contract agreement?
(a) Their agreement not to take concubines.
(b) Forgetting to write to her.
(c) Disrepecting her family.
(d) Smoking bans.
8. Who do Lily and Snow Flower find sitting around a fire up in the mountain?
(a) Friends from Jintian.
(b) Elder brother and his family.
(c) Cousins.
(d) Madame Wang.
9. Why does Lily approve her husband's decision to hire a tutor for their son?
(a) She is glad to have him out of the women's chamber.
(b) He is not her favorite child.
(c) She would like him to take the imperial exams.
(d) She has too much to do to take care of him.
10. Where does Lily take her children after the servants flee her in-laws' house?
(a) To see Snow Flower.
(b) Temple of Gupo.
(c) Sleeping chamber.
(d) To her natal house.
11. What does Lily agonize over as her husband travels to Guilin?
(a) His safety.
(b) Money.
(c) Loneliness.
(d) His bad leg.
12. What does Lotus deliver to Lily from Snow Flower during the Midi-Autumn Festival?
(a) Tea cakes.
(b) Book.
(c) Cloth.
(d) Fan.
13. When Lily returns to her family after Snow Flower is married, how does she feel about seeing them?
(a) Overjoyed.
(b) Happy.
(c) Unhappy.
(d) Excited.
14. How old is Snow Flower's first born son when they are in the mountains?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Nine.
(d) Twelve.
15. Why do the men on the mountain ask their wives to go back down the mountain for supplies?
(a) Women are not to be hurt during wartime, so they will be safe.
(b) They don't want to go themselves.
(c) Because they are busy with other things.
(d) Their wives will be quicker.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who will become Madame Lu after Lily dies?
2. Where do Lily and Snow Flower stay as they travel home after praying for the birth of healthy sons at the Temple of Gupo?
3. What do Lily and Snow Flower take from the altar of the Temple of Gupo when they are pregnant the first time?
4. What does the doctor that Lily summoned say about Snow Flower's prognosis?
5. How does Lily learn that her husband has been searching for her?
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