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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. What is the woman distracted by that leads to her capture?
(a) Birds.
(b) Men.
(c) Deer tracks.
(d) Wildflowers.

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

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

4. Why does Maxine feel she is punishing her aunt?
(a) She did not like her.
(b) She never met her.
(c) She cannot speak of her.
(d) She went against her mother's wishes.

5. While with her army, what does the woman do at night?
(a) Prays for her parents.
(b) Wishes for a child.
(c) Sings to her army.
(d) Tells stories to her friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the villagers curse Maxine's aunt's home?

2. What does Maxine's aunt do after delivering her baby?

3. Which character specifically does not want to hear about Maxine's aunt?

4. Where does Maxine attend college in the sixties?

5. What is the woman's first enemy?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the narrator feel when she understands that her family will not return to China? Why does she feel this way?

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

3. As an adult, why does the narrator refuse to cook, clean, or wash dishes?

4. Does the narrator's aunt haunt the narrator in this first section of the novel?

5. What is the reason the narrator's family tells ghost stories when the laundry gets too hot?

6. What do Brave Orchid's daughters learn from watching what happens between Moon Orchid and her husband?

7. When does the narrator throw temper tantrums?

8. What is one secret the narrator learns when she reads her sixth grade school file?

9. How does the narrator feel about Brave Orchid's relationship with the slave girl?

10. What are three of the gifts Moon Orchid brings her family from China?

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