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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Shaman.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main reason Maxine's mother likes to tell stores?
(a) To warn her children about life.
(b) To show her understanding of story-telling techniques.
(c) To make money.
(d) To keep from falling asleep.

2. How many children were in Maxine's aunt's family?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Four.

3. Why do the young woman's parents carve words into her back upon her return?
(a) For revenge.
(b) To teach her a lesson.
(c) To show her age.
(d) For good luck.

4. When did Maxine's aunt marry her husband?
(a) The day before he left for America.
(b) A year before he left for America.
(c) The day before her baby was born.
(d) A year before her baby was born.

5. What do the traditional Chinese stories, like those told by Maxine's mother, teach Chinese girls they can be?
(a) Heroines and swordswomen.
(b) Students and wise women.
(c) Wives and mothers.
(d) Storytellers and soothsayers.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Maxine born?

2. What does the slave girl have to do to pass Brave Orchid's test?

3. Which of these ideas is not introduced in "No Name Woman"?

4. What does the girl in Maxine's story follow at the beginning of the story?

5. Who tells Maxine the story of her aunt?

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