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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yu-sung see when she looks at Pei as a young girl?
(a) The features of her mother.
(b) Her own face.
(c) Her husband's features and her lively spirit.
(d) Her husband's personality.

2. What color armbands did the silk girls wear the day of Mei-li's burial?
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Green.

3. What excuse does Hong give Mei-li about why he wants to stop seeing her?
(a) He has to concentrate on his exams.
(b) He has another girlfriend.
(c) His parents don't like her.
(d) She is too young.

4. What does Pei overhear people on the streets talking about as she walks to the factory in Chapter 5?
(a) Their interest in the latest opera.
(b) Their contentment.
(c) Arguing over change in China.
(d) Their plans for the upcoming festival.

5. What is Pei's favorite place at the sisters' house?
(a) Reading room.
(b) Garden.
(c) Bedroom.
(d) Kitchen.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Pei's mother make her for breakfast in Chapter 2?

2. Who did the sisters' house once belong to?

3. The exterior of the silk factory is made up of what?

4. Whose family is from Fukien?

5. What is the funny smell Pei notices when she and Lin approach the sedan carriers in Canton?

(see the answer key)

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