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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. Who does the girl see as her future husband in the water gourd?
(a) An army warrior.
(b) A man she meets on the mountain.
(c) A childhood playmate.
(d) A distant cousin.

2. For how long does the girl agree to stay with the people she meets?
(a) Fourteen years.
(b) Fifteen years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Seven years.

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

4. What did a medium once tell Maxine?
(a) That the narrator would never marry.
(b) That the narrator would live a long life.
(c) That the narrator could be a medium.
(d) That the narrator would be troubled by ghosts.

5. While working at the paint shop, what is the name of the color that offends Maxine?
(a) Chinese yellow.
(b) China white.
(c) Nigger yellow.
(d) Gook white.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these Chinese customs does Maxine comment on?

2. Why are the Chinese afraid of drowned ghosts?

3. How often does Maxine's mother tell stories?

4. At what age is the girl taken to the mountains of the white tigers?

5. According to the old couple, at what point will the girl be ready to leave them?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when the woman warrior's army reaches Peiping?

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

3. How do Brave Orchid and Moon Orchid trick Moon Orchid's husband into see them?

4. What is one thing Moon Orchid notices about Brave Orchid's home that she thinks is strange? Explain why she thinks it is strange.

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

6. How does Moon Orchid's husband react when he sees her?

7. How do Moon Orchid and Brave Orchid act when they are reunited for the first time in years?

8. What is narrator's impression of her mother when looking at the old medical school photograph?

9. Why did the narrator's mother did not mind girls cheating off of her in school?

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

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