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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 did the women's mothers worry about?
(a) Their children's marriages.
(b) Their own marriages.
(c) Their own careers.
(d) Their children's careers.

2. Why does Ailin conceal the sisterhood pact from Ying?
(a) She does not want Ying to make the same mistake.
(b) For fear of being laughed at.
(c) She is scared Ying will turn her in to the police.
(d) Part of the pact was to maintain secrecy.

3. Why does Ailin choose to marry?
(a) She falls pregnant.
(b) She wants to escape her family.
(c) The groom's family offers the best betrothal gifts.
(d) She feels pressured into it.

4. What does the girl not foresee?
(a) The closing time of the pharmacy.
(b) The late nightfall.
(c) The tenacity of a lonely man.
(d) The early sunset.

5. Who generally attends the Twilight Club?
(a) The middle-aged.
(b) Children.
(c) Teenagers.
(d) Old people.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Meilan do when a wife tries to offend her?

2. Why does Ying reprint the picture of Ailin with her sisters?

3. How successful were the women's attempts to arrange their children together?

4. How does the reprint compare to the original?

5. Which books does Mrs. Tang prefer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the end result?

2. How do the six women plan to deal with house fires?

3. What is Number Three, Garden Road about?

4. What pact does Ailin make?

5. How is Ailin made to blame by her friends?

6. What is the nature of their secrets?

7. Why does the old man approach the girl?

8. Why is the woman unmarried?

9. How does the story end?

10. Why is Ailin alone?

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