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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What excuse does Hong give Mei-li about why he wants to stop seeing her?
(a) She is too young.
(b) He has to concentrate on his exams.
(c) His parents don't like her.
(d) He has another girlfriend.

3. Where does Su-lung live?
(a) Hotel.
(b) A boarding house across town.
(c) At the boarding house with Pei.
(d) At home with her family.

4. In Chapter 9, who is said to bathe infrequently, drink expensive liquor, and eat large slabs of bloody beef?
(a) The white devils.
(b) Yung Kee's wealthy families.
(c) Chung.
(d) Cantonese men.

5. Who is Chung?
(a) Neighbor.
(b) Restaurant chef.
(c) Guard.
(d) Owner of the factory.

6. What kind of stare does Hong have when he looks at Mei-li in the market?
(a) Angry.
(b) Disgusted.
(c) Stonelike.
(d) Empty.

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

8. How many hours does it take Pei and Lin to travel to Canton on the boat?
(a) Four.
(b) Ten.
(c) More than six.
(d) Nine.

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

10. What does Mei-li discover dead in her basin at the silk factory?
(a) Rat.
(b) Cockroach.
(c) Mouse.
(d) Bird.

11. What does the cocoon feel like that Pei picks up from the spinning table on her first day at the factory?
(a) Prickly.
(b) Light and fragile.
(c) Heavy.
(d) Sturdy.

12. What does Lin tell Pei they must start considering about their futures?
(a) Going to the university.
(b) Vacation plans.
(c) Getting promotions at work.
(d) Financial planning.

13. What kind of flowers did Pei pick while walking with her father in Chapter 2?
(a) Wildflowers.
(b) Roses.
(c) Sunflowers.
(d) Lupines.

14. Why were the girls given a day off from the silk factory at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) The machines are broken.
(b) They are waiting for a new shipment of cocoons.
(c) It is their yearly day off.
(d) Chung was feeling generous.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Mei-li feel by the sight of the river and the open space around it?

2. What does Mei-li say about Hong's hands?

3. What kind of sandals does Lin give Pei?

4. What does Pao decide about Pei's future?

5. What does Pei like to look at in her childhood home when she needs comfort?

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