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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the Chinese afraid of drowned ghosts?
(a) They act violently because of their traumatic deaths.
(b) They have the most unlikely deaths.
(c) They are most likely to haunt people because of unfinished business.
(d) They are looking to pull someone down in the water to replace them.

2. What do the people she meets show the girl to convince her to stay?
(a) A letter from her parents.
(b) A vision of her future.
(c) A sword with an inscription.
(d) An image in a water jug .

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

4. With whom does Maxine's mother live while she attends medical school?
(a) Her parents.
(b) Two other girls.
(c) Her husband.
(d) Five other girls.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Maxine at the beginning of the fantastical story she tells about herself?

2. Where does the girl stay at the top of the mountain?

3. When did Maxine's aunt's supposed betrayal happen?

4. Who tells Maxine the story of her aunt?

5. What is the ghost that sits on top of Maxine's mother called?

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