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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the funny smell Pei notices when she and Lin approach the sedan carriers in Canton?
(a) Old fish.
(b) Dead animals.
(c) Opium.
(d) Garbage.

2. What was Yu-sung accustomed to in her childhood home?
(a) Silence.
(b) Cleanliness and a few high-quality items.
(c) Religion.
(d) Lack of money.

3. Who said "It was as if she had been born an empty box, only to be filled by their desires" in Chapter 7?
(a) Mei-li.
(b) Lin.
(c) Auntie Yee.
(d) Pei.

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

5. Where is Pei seated at Lin's brother's wedding banquet?
(a) Head table.
(b) Table with children.
(c) At a table with foreigners.
(d) Table with relatives.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color uniforms do the Chinese soldiers wear at the docks in Canton?

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

3. What did many people disapprove of about the way Lin's father dressed?

4. Who sends Lin a phonograph and records?

5. In Chapter 9, who is said to bathe infrequently, drink expensive liquor, and eat large slabs of bloody beef?

(see the answer key)

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