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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Pei feel when she first enters the silk factory's open room?
(a) As if she were suffocating.
(b) Inspired.
(c) Awed.
(d) Happy.

2. What does Pao say months of fear about losing Yu-sung has done to him?
(a) Turned him into an old man.
(b) Turned his hair gray.
(c) Furrowed his brow with worry lines.
(d) Made him lose his appetite.

3. Who does Pei talk about finding after she returns to the silk factory?
(a) Hulan.
(b) Chan.
(c) Li.
(d) Lau Chen.

4. Why is traveling within the city difficult in Chapter 17?
(a) Because of military checkpoints.
(b) Lots of rain.
(c) Too many Japanese fighters.
(d) The river has flooded.

5. What is Auntie Yee cleaning again at the beginning of Chapter 7?
(a) Floor.
(b) Windows.
(c) Table.
(d) Dishes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who said "It was as if she had been born an empty box, only to be filled by their desires" in Chapter 7?

2. Where does Su-lung live?

3. What did Moi make for Ji Shen to bring back her strength?

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

5. What kind of stare does Hong have when he looks at Mei-li in the market?

(see the answer key)

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