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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What word does Maxine always add to boys' names?
(a) Father.
(b) Brother.
(c) Friend.
(d) Mr.
2. What is the woman's first enemy?
(a) A thief.
(b) Another army.
(c) A giant.
(d) The emperor.
3. What does the girl in Maxine's story follow at the beginning of the story?
(a) The call of a bird.
(b) The whistle of the wind.
(c) The shadows of the sun.
(d) The whispers of a ghost.
4. For how long does the girl agree to stay with the people she meets?
(a) Fourteen years.
(b) Fifteen years.
(c) Seven years.
(d) Ten years.
5. What does legend say happens to the women with bound feet?
(a) They all die once their feet are unbound.
(b) They form a mercenary army that buys babies.
(c) They form a convent and pray for the woman warrior.
(d) They become immortal and protect the woman's army.
6. At what age is the girl taken to the mountains of the white tigers?
(a) Ten.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Seven.
7. What does Maxine say about the separation between China and America?
(a) There is a huge separation in culture.
(b) Her mother does not acknowledge a separation.
(c) There is a separation in ghost stories.
(d) There is a lack of separation.
8. Which of these is a possibility Maxine considers to explain her aunt's pregnancy?
(a) Her aunt was not actually pregnant.
(b) Her aunt was tortured.
(c) Her aunt was pregnant before her husband left.
(d) Her aunt was raped.
9. According to the old couple, at what point will the girl be ready to leave them?
(a) When she can recite all of their teachings..
(b) When she can survive on the mountain of the white tigers.
(c) When she can point to the sky and a sword appears.
(d) When she can see visions in the water gourd
10. 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) Obligation.
(b) Love.
(c) Revenge.
(d) Malice.
11. How does the woman kill the baron of her village?
(a) She distracts him and cuts off his head.
(b) She poisons his dinner in his hut.
(c) She sends her army after him.
(d) She leads him to run off a cliff.
12. Why do the young woman's parents carve words into her back upon her return?
(a) To show her age.
(b) For revenge.
(c) To teach her a lesson.
(d) For good luck.
13. When did Maxine's aunt marry her husband?
(a) A year before her baby was born.
(b) The day before he left for America.
(c) A year before he left for America.
(d) The day before her baby was born.
14. Where does the girl stay at the top of the mountain?
(a) A rock shelter.
(b) A tent.
(c) A cave.
(d) A hut.
15. 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 talked loudly and was punished by the gods.
(c) Her aunt was not human.
(d) Her aunt was unusually beloved by her family for being a girl.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Maxine add a word to boys' names?
2. Who does the girl see as her future husband in the water gourd?
3. What do the traditional Chinese stories, like those told by Maxine's mother, teach Chinese girls they can be?
4. While with her army, what does the woman do at night?
5. Who does the narrator's mother say Maxine can tell about her aunt?
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