View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are third-day wedding books?

2. Whose father takes the pipe too often?

3. What did Lily's father receive from the groom's family that made him one of the richest men in the village?

4. Why do Lily's father and uncle make for her, Beautiful Moon, and Snow Flower during the hot month?

5. What book does Snow Flower use to teach Lily?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Madame Wang suggest about Lily having a laotong?

2. What does Lily learn about when she goes with Snow Flower and Madame Wang to the fair at the Temple of Gupo?

3. Describe the moment when Lily knows that Snow Flower loves her when they are in the women's chamber.

4. Why does Lily feel betrayed by her mother?

5. What does having a laotong relationship with Snow Flower mean to Lily's family?

6. What is Snow Flower's father's condition?

7. At the beginning of the novel, what does Lily say interests her now?

8. What is the reason Lily and Snow Flower are alone in the women's chamber during the Catching Cool Breezes Festival?

9. Describe Snow Flower's personality.

10. What does Madame Wang say about Lily's feet?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think Lily makes up for her humiliation of Snow Flower by her actions during the last days of Snow Flower's life? Why does she ask for Snow Flower's forgiveness at the end of the novel? What is the one regret Lily has regarding her laotong relationship with Snow Flower?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Lily's feelings of betrayal about Snow Flower's true family circumstances. Why did Madame Wang arrange the laotong relationship between Snow Flower and Lily? Why does Lily's mother keep it a secret from Lily?

Essay Topic 3

What kind of man is Lily's husband? Do they seem to have a happy marriage? Why or why not? Provide three examples to support your opinion.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 813 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample