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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Pei waiting impatiently for her mother at the beginning of the novel?
(a) She has to finish reading a novel.
(b) Her mother is having a baby.
(c) She is cooking dinner.
(d) She needs to help her husband in the fields.

2. Whose family is from Fukien?
(a) Lin's.
(b) Pei's.
(c) Su-lung's.
(d) Mei-li's.

3. 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.

4. What kind of flowers did Pei pick while walking with her father in Chapter 2?
(a) Roses.
(b) Sunflowers.
(c) Lupines.
(d) Wildflowers.

5. How long has Mei-li been working at the silk factory?
(a) Six years.
(b) Four months.
(c) Almost two years.
(d) Three weeks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Pei's favorite food when she was young that she ate on special occasions?

2. What was Yu-sung accustomed to in her childhood home?

3. Who is Ho Chee?

4. Where does Su-lung live?

5. Who did Auntie Yee love more than anyone when she was a child?

(see the answer key)

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