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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chen Ling call Auntie Yee?
(a) Sister.
(b) Friend.
(c) Second mother.
(d) Mother.

2. 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) Auntie Yee.
(c) Lin.
(d) Pei.

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

4. When one girl dies, what are the other factory workers encouraged to do?
(a) Stop complaining.
(b) Step forward in protest.
(c) To be quiet and get back to work.
(d) Be better behaved.

5. What does the large shipment mean for the silk factory after New Year's in Chapter 16?
(a) Lunch is only 15 minutes long.
(b) Enforcement of longer hours.
(c) No breaks during the day.
(d) Lots of work for the girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time do the girls arrive to work at the silk factory?

2. Where do Pei and Lin tell the sedan carriers to wait while they walk to Pei's family home?

3. What is Moi burning in the house when Auntie Yee is sick?

4. Who does Pei see from the window of Lin's bedroom in Canton as she looks out into the garden?

5. What was Lin's father's job before his death?

(see the answer key)

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