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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Pei's mother make her for breakfast in Chapter 2?
(a) Porridge.
(b) Eggs.
(c) Vegetables.
(d) Tea and cakes.

3. How does Pei describe Auntie Yee's scent in Chapter 2?
(a) Soap and ammonia.
(b) Jasmine.
(c) Spicy apple.
(d) Lavender.

4. What does Hong clutch under his arm in Chapter 7?
(a) Book.
(b) Newspaper.
(c) Lunch bag.
(d) Coat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mei-li discover dead in her basin at the silk factory?

2. What does Moi say when Auntie Yee tells her the weather has cleared?

3. What is the hairstyle that Auntie Yee puts Chen Ling's hair in for the hairdressing ceremony?

4. What does Yu-sung give her daughter Li before her marriage?

5. What does Lin's mother want her to do that Lin tells Pei about as they take a walk on their day off?

(see the answer key)

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