View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long does the girl agree to stay with the people she meets?
(a) Fifteen years.
(b) Seven years.
(c) Fourteen years.
(d) Ten years.

2. When Maxine re-tells the story of her aunt, the narrator's story shows that the aunt's final actions are done out of _____.
(a) Malice.
(b) Love.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Obligation.

3. What does Maxine's mother earn a reputation for while she is at medical school?
(a) Being dimwitted.
(b) Being loud.
(c) Being deceitful.
(d) Being brilliant.

4. What does Maxine's mother think has poisoned her?
(a) The ghosts from her stories.
(b) LSD in her cough medicine.
(c) Her daughter's soup.
(d) Oil in her drinking water.

5. What character does "No Name Woman" most likely refer to?
(a) The narrator's mother.
(b) The narrator's grandmother.
(c) The narrator's aunt.
(d) The narrator.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children were in Maxine's aunt's family?

2. What does Maxine question about her mother's stories?

3. According to the fortune teller, what is the number of the universe?

4. What does immigration ask Maxine's mother about the narrator's father?

5. Why are the Chinese afraid of drowned ghosts?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 246 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample