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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of these ideas is not introduced in "No Name Woman"?
(a) Ghost stories.
(b) The narrator's relationship with her siblings.
(c) The narrator's relationship with her mother.
(d) Chinese culture.

3. How many girl children were in Maxine's aunt's family?
(a) Three.
(b) Four.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

4. In No Name Woman, who is telling the story?
(a) The aunt.
(b) The author.
(c) The mother.
(d) The narrator.

5. What substance is the girl shown that could allow her to live forever?
(a) Silver.
(b) Tree sap.
(c) White tiger hair.
(d) Water from a gourd.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Maxine's aunt the night her baby is due?

2. What does Maxine say about the separation between China and America?

3. What does the woman give the women with bound feet?

4. Who tells Maxine the story of her aunt?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are two of the three Chinese customs the narrator comments on after pondering how her aunt became pregnant?

2. In "White Tigers," describe the return of the girl, now a young woman, to her village.

3. Describe one possibility the narrator considers to explain how her aunt may have become pregnant.

4. Describe the events leading up to the narrator's mother's decision to become a doctor.

5. Why does Moon Orchid hesitate to go see her husband in America?

6. Why doesn't the narrator visit her parents often?

7. When does the narrator throw temper tantrums?

8. How does the title of the section, "Shaman," relate to the stories told in the section?

9. What is Moon Orchid's first impressions of Brave Orchid's husband?

10. Why might the narrator's mother call the narrator her biggest daughter instead of her oldest daughter?

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