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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mei-li's father want her to do?
(a) Give them more of her paycheck.
(b) Take care of her sister.
(c) Marry the son from a family they know.
(d) Move back home.

2. How old was Yu-sung when she married?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Twenty.

3. What does Lin's mother want her to do that Lin tells Pei about as they take a walk on their day off?
(a) Send more money home to her.
(b) Work at another silk factory.
(c) Live at her brother's house.
(d) Return home and marry.

4. What is the ballad of Kuan Yin?
(a) Chinese history.
(b) Literature about making silk.
(c) Story about the goddess of mercy.
(d) A story about a waterfall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mei-li's father look like?

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

3. What kind of flowers did Pei pick while walking with her father in Chapter 2?

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

5. What does Pei like to look at in her childhood home when she needs comfort?

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