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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What room did Pei begin in when she first started working at the silk factory?
(a) Spinning room.
(b) Soaking room.
(c) Sorting room.
(d) Drying room.

2. Who did Auntie Yee marry when she was twelve?
(a) Doctor.
(b) Farmer.
(c) Silk factory manager.
(d) Lawyer.

3. Who is Chung?
(a) Owner of the factory.
(b) Restaurant chef.
(c) Neighbor.
(d) Guard.

4. What were Lin and Pei's assigned duties at the sisters' house?
(a) Washing and cleaning.
(b) Making the beds.
(c) Making a meal.
(d) Hanging up the wash outside.

5. What did Lin's mother send to her in Chapter 8?
(a) Jewelry.
(b) Fruit and lucky money.
(c) Family heirloom.
(d) Clothes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What color armbands did the silk girls wear the day of Mei-li's burial?

3. What is the ballad of Kuan Yin?

4. What did the male managers shout as they waved their sticks at the working girls in the silk factory?

5. Who did Auntie Yee love more than anyone when she was a child?

(see the answer key)

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