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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is nien kao?
(a) Appetizer.
(b) Vegetable.
(c) Sticky sweet cake.
(d) Soup.

2. What time do the girls arrive to work at the silk factory?
(a) 8:30 am.
(b) 7:00 am.
(c) 5:30 am.
(d) 8:00 am.

3. Who spreads the word about a secret meeting of the head silk workers?
(a) Sui Ying.
(b) Chen Ling.
(c) Lin.
(d) Pei.

4. Who did the sisters' house once belong to?
(a) Auntie Yee.
(b) Chung.
(c) Wealthy family from Canton.
(d) Lin's family.

5. What was the weather the day of Chen Ling's hairdressing ceremony?
(a) Wet and humid.
(b) Sunny.
(c) Hot.
(d) Dry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lin's mother send to her in Chapter 8?

2. Who did Auntie Yee marry when she was twelve?

3. What does Moi serve to Mei-li's parents?

4. Who does Auntie Yee dream of the night she dies?

5. What did Auntie Yee get in the habit of doing in Chapter 5?

(see the answer key)

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