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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Song for a Barbarian Reed Pipe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What document does Maxine's mother have mailed to America?
(a) Her medical diploma.
(b) Her husband's birth certificate.
(c) Her birth certificate.
(d) Her marriage license.

2. Which of these is a possibility Maxine considers to explain her aunt's pregnancy?
(a) Her aunt carried the baby for her sister.
(b) Her aunt was unusually beloved by her family for being a girl.
(c) Her aunt talked loudly and was punished by the gods.
(d) Her aunt was not human.

3. Where does Maxine attend college in the sixties?
(a) Pepperdine.
(b) Stanford.
(c) Berkeley.
(d) UCLA.

4. How much does Maxine's mother say the slave girl cost?
(a) 100 dollars.
(b) 250 dollars.
(c) 50 dollars.
(d) 200 dollars.

5. Which of these creatures does not drop out of the trees, according to Maxine's mother?
(a) Apes.
(b) Ghosts.
(c) Thieves.
(d) Were-people.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Moon Orchid's daughter's husband described?

2. How does Moon Orchid describe Brave Orchid's oldest daughter?

3. Who is Kuan Kung?

4. What does Brave Orchid buy for her father?

5. Where is Moon Orchid finally happy living?

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