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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Yu-sung accustomed to in her childhood home?
(a) Lack of money.
(b) Silence.
(c) Religion.
(d) Cleanliness and a few high-quality items.

2. What does Moi say when Auntie Yee tells her the weather has cleared?
(a) Great!
(b) There will be a mess to deal with now.
(c) The girls can finally go back to work.
(d) It's about time.

3. What did Auntie Yee get in the habit of doing in Chapter 5?
(a) Opening the front door and checking the sky.
(b) Sleeping late.
(c) Sweeping the front porch.
(d) Being critical of the girls.

4. What injures Ming in Chapter 4?
(a) Burned from boiling water.
(b) Sharp glass.
(c) Heavy object hits her head.
(d) The manager's stick.

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) Sturdy.
(c) Heavy.
(d) Prickly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who goes swimming in the cold pond at the end of Chapter 3?

3. What happened with the year's harvest when Pei was young?

4. Who said "It was as if she had been born an empty box, only to be filled by their desires" in Chapter 7?

5. What are the physical characteristics of the tribe that Pao descends from?

(see the answer key)

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