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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is nien kao?
(a) Sticky sweet cake.
(b) Appetizer.
(c) Vegetable.
(d) Soup.

2. When Pei goes back to her family's farm, what color does she describe the soil as?
(a) Brownish-orange.
(b) Black.
(c) Brown.
(d) Rust.

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

4. What did the male managers shout as they waved their sticks at the working girls in the silk factory?
(a) Keep working!
(b) Too slow!
(c) Stop talking!
(d) Faster!

5. What ceremony does Lin want Pei to attend with her in Canton?
(a) Funeral.
(b) Her mother's birthday celebration.
(c) Hairdressing ceremony.
(d) Marriage ceremony.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the cocoon feel like that Pei picks up from the spinning table on her first day at the factory?

2. In Chapter 5, what does Chen Ling tell Auntie Yee that she and Ming have decided to do?

3. What does the large shipment mean for the silk factory after New Year's in Chapter 16?

4. What is Auntie Yee suffering from in Chapter 12?

5. What is Moi burning in the house when Auntie Yee is sick?

(see the answer key)

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