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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What room did Pei begin in when she first started working at the silk factory?
(a) Soaking room.
(b) Drying room.
(c) Spinning room.
(d) Sorting room.

2. How can Pei tell a good cocoon from a bad one?
(a) Color.
(b) Texture and firmness of its shell.
(c) Just by sight.
(d) Whether it has growths on it.

3. Where is Pei left in Chapter 2?
(a) Beijing.
(b) Canton.
(c) Yung Kee.
(d) Nanking.

4. What job does Pei get in Chapter 4 that means more money for her and her family?
(a) Keeping the books.
(b) Washing the cocoons.
(c) Reeling the silk.
(d) Cleaning the floor.

5. Where did Lin go before the hairdressing ceremony?
(a) On an errand for Auntie Yee.
(b) To see her mother.
(c) To work at the silk factory.
(d) To the library.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose family is from Fukien?

2. What does Chen Ling call Auntie Yee?

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

4. What excuse does Hong give Mei-li about why he wants to stop seeing her?

5. Why is Pei waiting impatiently for her mother at the beginning of the novel?

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