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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who makes Auntie Yee proud?
(a) Chen Ling.
(b) Mei-li.
(c) Pei.
(d) Moi.

2. How does Pei feel when she first enters the silk factory's open room?
(a) Happy.
(b) Inspired.
(c) As if she were suffocating.
(d) Awed.

3. Who stays at Auntie Yee's boarding house?
(a) Fortune tellers.
(b) Restaurant workers.
(c) Silk girls.
(d) Wayward boys.

4. What does Mei-li discover dead in her basin at the silk factory?
(a) Cockroach.
(b) Rat.
(c) Mouse.
(d) Bird.

5. What does the cocoon feel like that Pei picks up from the spinning table on her first day at the factory?
(a) Light and fragile.
(b) Heavy.
(c) Prickly.
(d) Sturdy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does Pei get in Chapter 4 that means more money for her and her family?

2. What was Lin's father's job before his death?

3. What does Pei say about marriage?

4. Who is Ho Chee?

5. Why did Auntie Yee feel unsettled in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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