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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mei-li miss at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Her favorite show.
(b) Her parents.
(c) Dinner.
(d) Seeing Lin's mother.

2. What happened with the year's harvest when Pei was young?
(a) Abundant.
(b) It was poor.
(c) A good year.
(d) Enough to support the whole family for a year.

3. What does Yu-sung give her daughter Li before her marriage?
(a) Money.
(b) Recipes.
(c) Ring.
(d) Handkerchief wrapped in milky-white paper.

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

5. What does Pei say about her reflection after she has had her bangs cut?
(a) She had always wanted bangs.
(b) She looks more beautiful.
(c) The hair cutter did a good job.
(d) She looks like all the other girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has Mei-li been working at the silk factory?

2. What did the male managers shout as they waved their sticks at the working girls in the silk factory?

3. Who makes Auntie Yee proud?

4. How does Pei feel when she first enters the silk factory's open room?

5. What does Pei overhear people on the streets talking about as she walks to the factory in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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