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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What expression does Moi have on her face after Pei and Lin speak to her and she is back in the kitchen in Chapter 16?
(a) Anger.
(b) Sadness.
(c) Fear.
(d) Smile of victory.

2. What does Lin tell Pei about Moi's behavior in Chapter 16?
(a) She is frightening the girls.
(b) She forgets to cook the meals.
(c) She is spoiling the girls.
(d) She is staying out too late at night.

3. When Pao sees Pei walking toward the pond when she returns home, how does he describe his daughter's appearance?
(a) Tall and quite beautiful.
(b) Short like her mother.
(c) Bedraggled.
(d) Pretty with red hair.

4. What did Moi make for Ji Shen to bring back her strength?
(a) Porridge.
(b) Soups and herbal teas.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Beef and tomatoes.

5. How does Lin die?
(a) From illness.
(b) Food posioning.
(c) A fire at the factory.
(d) Drowns when a boat overturns.

6. How does Yu-sung describe Pei when she returns to her parents' home?
(a) The child of guilt.
(b) Selfish.
(c) Destructive.
(d) Boring.

7. What color gown is the bride wearing in Chapter 10?
(a) Ivory.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

8. What does Pao say months of fear about losing Yu-sung has done to him?
(a) Furrowed his brow with worry lines.
(b) Made him lose his appetite.
(c) Turned his hair gray.
(d) Turned him into an old man.

9. What did Chung come to the factory to tell the women in Chapter 17?
(a) He asked their opinion on new designs.
(b) He is closing the factory.
(c) He wants to give them pay raises.
(d) He had a new shipment.

10. Where do Pei and Lin tell the sedan carriers to wait while they walk to Pei's family home?
(a) At a neighbor's barn.
(b) Under the shade of a tree.
(c) At the tea house in the village.
(d) By the roadside in the sun.

11. What was in the letter that Pei received from her village?
(a) News about the death of her mother.
(b) News about her father's health.
(c) News about Li's whereabouts.
(d) An invitation to a family celebration.

12. What does the large shipment mean for the silk factory after New Year's in Chapter 16?
(a) Lots of work for the girls.
(b) Lunch is only 15 minutes long.
(c) Enforcement of longer hours.
(d) No breaks during the day.

13. What city are Pei and Lin planning to move to?
(a) Canton.
(b) Shanghai.
(c) Hong Kong.
(d) Nanking.

14. Who helps Lin and Pei into the sedan chair when they leave Lin's family's house to return to Yung Kee?
(a) Ho Chee.
(b) Wong Tai.
(c) Mui.
(d) Ho Yung.

15. Where is Pei seated at Lin's brother's wedding banquet?
(a) Table with relatives.
(b) At a table with foreigners.
(c) Head table.
(d) Table with children.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Moi see and have conversations with in the kitchen when she is alone in Chapter 16?

2. What is the weather when Ji Shen appears at the girls' house one evening?

3. What is Wing Lee's?

4. Why is traveling within the city difficult in Chapter 17?

5. Where has Moi always had her room in the girls' house?

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