The Woman Warrior Quizzes

The Woman Warrior Quiz 1

1 What are the first words of the book?
"Fa Mu Lan."

"It translated well."

"You must not tell anyone."

"Don't humiliate us."
2 The narrator has an aunt who committed suicide. What is her name?
Ts'ai Yen.

Pee-A-Nah.

We do not know.

Moon Orchid.
3 Why did the men leave Brave Orchid's village?
To join the army.

To find suitors for their daughters.

To flee the Japanese.

To seek fortune.
4 What do the visitors call America?
The Sitting Ghost.

The Gold Mountain.

The Tiger Place.

The Gold Lake.
5 Why do the villagers know the aunt's baby is illegitimate?
Her husband has been gone for a long time.

Her husband is infertile.

They do not know.

They caught her rapist.
6 Which of the following did the villagers NOT do to the aunt's family?
Slaughter their animals.

Break their possessions.

Steal from them.

Physically harm them.
7 What is the moral of the "no name" aunt's story?
Always go along with your husband.

Don't humiliate your family.

Never talk to strangers.

Don't let people drive you to madness.
8 Why does Brave Orchid tell her daughter the story?
Her daughter refuses to obey her.

Her daughter is about to leave for college.

Her daughter has just begun menstruating.

Her daughter has just bullied a reticent girl.
9 Why was the village especially vengeful on the aunt?
She was an illegitimate child herself.

They were going through hard times.

Her husband owed the village money.

She was trying to signal Japanese planes.
10 What did the villagers call the aunt?
Ho Chi Kuei.

Ghost.

Sitting Ghost.

Little Bird.
11 Where did the aunt give birth?
A pigsty.

A field.

Amid the mess from the raid.

In the family well.
12 Where did Brave Orchid find the aunt and her baby?
In a pigsty.

She never found her.

In the family well.

Amid the mess from the raid.
13 In "White Tigers," the narrator tells the story of one woman fighter other than Fa Mu Lan. What is her specialty?
Fighting blindfolded.

Surviving in the wilderness.

White crane boxing.

Battling on horseback.
14 How old is Fa Mu Lan when she leaves home?
Seven.

Twelve.

Seventeen.

Two.
15 How does Fa Mu Lan find her teachers?
She walks up the mountain blindfolded.

She looks into a magic gourd.

She finds them by accident.

She follows a bird.
16 What do Fa Mu Lan's parents do for a living?
They are doctors.

They are farmers.

They are scholars.

They own a gambling house.
17 Which of the following does Fa Mu Lan NOT learn to do?
Control her involuntary muscles.

Jump twenty feet in the air from a standstill.

Be so still that animals approach her.

Control others with her mind.
18 Why doesn't Fa Mu Lan hunt for food in the tiger place?
She does not know how.

It is forbidden by the gods.

There are no animals.

She is a vegetarian.
19 What kind of animal sacrifices itself for Fa Mu Lan?
A rabbit.

A white horse.

A white crane.

A pig.
20 What does Fa Mu Lan realize about her teachers?
They are gods.

They are dragons.

They are immortal.

They are her parents.
21 What else happens on the day Fa Mu Lan learns about the draft in her village?
She sees a golden man and woman spinning in time with the world.

She finds a white horse.

She runs through the mountains blindfolded.

She begins to menstruate.
22 Who is exempt from the draft?
Sons.

Men with two or more children.

Fathers.

The baron's family.
23 According to Fa Mu Lan's teachers, how can one gain immortality?
By learning to control one's involuntary muscles.

By drinking sap from an ancient tree.

By praying each morning.

By becoming a warrior.
24 What do Fa Mu Lan's parents tattoo on her back?
The name of her husband.

Their grievances.

Her true name.

A poem by Ts'ai Yen.
25 Who is called "a weapon of revenge"?
The giant.

The emperor.

The baron.

Fa Mu Lan.

The narrator constantly dearches for the sign of a bird.

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Describe a meal scene.

In the novel, Brave Orchid is determined to make her children brave eaters. In order to do this, she would keep serving them the same piece of food meal after meal until they ate it.

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