2. What is the red-and-black book for that Kung Ma keeps in the top drawer of her bureau?
(a) Recording notes about the girls' behavior.
(b) Putting photographs in.
(c) Recording her life.
(d) Keeping financial information.

3. How many hours does it take Pei and Lin to travel to Canton on the boat?
(a) Ten.
(b) Nine.
(c) More than six.
(d) Four.

4. What does Moi serve to Mei-li's parents?
(a) Coffee.
(b) Dried plums and nuts.
(c) Cake.
(d) Jong.

5. Where did Sui Ying's husband go after the flood?
(a) Overseas to look for work.
(b) Canton.
(c) Japan.
(d) Back to his family's farm.

6. What is the ballad of Kuan Yin?
(a) Story about the goddess of mercy.
(b) Chinese history.
(c) Literature about making silk.
(d) A story about a waterfall.

7. The exterior of the silk factory is made up of what?
(a) Whitewashed bricks.
(b) Sandstone.
(c) Wood.
(d) Concrete.

8. What color uniforms do the Chinese soldiers wear at the docks in Canton?
(a) Black.
(b) Blue.
(c) Gray.
(d) Red.

9. What tribe is Pao descended from?
(a) Wuhuan.
(b) Tufan.
(c) Hakka.
(d) Quiang.

10. How can Pei tell a good cocoon from a bad one?
(a) Color.
(b) Texture and firmness of its shell.
(c) Whether it has growths on it.
(d) Just by sight.

11. What does Pao decide about Pei's future?
(a) Keep her home until she is older.
(b) Have her work at a neighbor's home.
(c) Arrange a marriage as quickly as possible.
(d) To have her work in a silk factory.

12. What does Kung Ma look like?
(a) Older, gray-haired.
(b) Tall and thin, with red hair.
(c) Younger, black-haired.
(d) Short and heavyset, with blond hair.

13. What is the name that Pei calls her father?
(a) Papa.
(b) Dear one.
(c) Sir.
(d) Ba Ba.

14. What does Mei-li's father look like?
(a) Thin, with glasses.
(b) Full head of hair and short.
(c) Tall and thin.
(d) Heavyset and balding.

15. Where did Lin go before the hairdressing ceremony?
(a) To work at the silk factory.
(b) To see her mother.
(c) To the library.
(d) On an errand for Auntie Yee.