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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name that Pei calls her father?
(a) Ba Ba.
(b) Papa.
(c) Sir.
(d) Dear one.

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

3. What kind of feeling does Pei have when she sees Lin's family home for the first time?
(a) Joy.
(b) Excitement.
(c) Discomfort.
(d) Anger.

4. Whose family is from Fukien?
(a) Su-lung's.
(b) Lin's.
(c) Mei-li's.
(d) Pei's.

5. How many decks does the boat have that takes Pei and Lin to Canton?
(a) One.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) Six.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What big storm occurs in Chapter 4?

3. What did Yu-sung's arranged marriage lack?

4. Where does Su-lung live?

5. How far is the sisters' house from the girls' house?

(see the answer key)

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