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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Moon Orchid's daughter's husband described?
(a) As timid.
(b) As unintelligent.
(c) As a loving husband.
(d) As a tyrant.

2. What does Maxine's mother buy in China to act as a bodyguard?
(a) A wolf.
(b) A male slave.
(c) A puppy.
(d) A spiritual protection.

3. What does Maxine's mother do after unpacking at medical school?
(a) She drinks tea.
(b) She begins reading.
(c) She goes out to dinner.
(d) She writes home.

4. What illness does Maxine get while at her parent's house?
(a) A fever and delirium.
(b) Whooping cough.
(c) A pain in her heart.
(d) A spider headache.

5. What age does Maxine say that her mother is?
(a) 35.
(b) 25.
(c) 27.
(d) 37.

6. Why does Maxine's mother burn candles in the laundry?
(a) To dry the germs.
(b) To ward off the ghosts.
(c) To make needed wax.
(d) To light the laundry.

7. What figure do Maxine and her mother have as a totem?
(a) A tiger.
(b) A lion.
(c) A dragon.
(d) A panther.

8. What does Moon Orchid think Brave Orchid's children smell like?
(a) Sugar.
(b) Milk.
(c) Dust.
(d) Sweat.

9. What does Maxine's mother bring to the haunted room at the school at night?
(a) A knife and a novel.
(b) A totem and a crystal.
(c) A stick and a diary.
(d) A blanket and a pen.

10. According to Maxine's mother, what flies out of the mail when she opens it?
(a) Unwelcome dust.
(b) Memories from her birthplace.
(c) The wisdom of her ancestors.
(d) The smell of China.

11. How is Moon Orchid's husband's second wife described?
(a) She is smart and well-spoken.
(b) She is short and fat.
(c) She is old and ugly.
(d) She is young and pretty.

12. Where is Moon Orchid finally happy living?
(a) In her daughter's house.
(b) In a mental asylum.
(c) In Brave Orchid's house.
(d) In her own apartment.

13. How do Brave Orchid and Moon Orchid get Moon Orchid's husband to come outside of his building?
(a) They send Brave Orchid's daughter inside to get him.
(b) They pretend they are important clients who will not enter the building.
(c) They send him a message to tell him they are outside.
(d) They pretend a woman has broken her leg in the street.

14. For what profession does Brave Orchid tell the dealer she will train the slave girl?
(a) A weaver.
(b) A gardener.
(c) A storyteller.
(d) A nurse.

15. In Brave Orchid's story of the emperor with four wives, which of the four wives does Brave Orchid feel Moon Orchid is most similar to?
(a) The Empress of the East.
(b) The Empress of the South.
(c) The Empress of the North.
(d) The Empress of the West.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the first place Brave Orchid set foot in America?

2. At the end of At the Western Palace, what does Brave Orchid warn her children of?

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

4. What substance is on the piece of wood the girls find under the bed?

5. What does the piece of wood smell like when the girls burn it?

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