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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Pei's favorite food when she was young that she ate on special occasions?
(a) Jong.
(b) Ice cream.
(c) Pork.
(d) Burger and fries.

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

3. What does Lin's mother want her to do that Lin tells Pei about as they take a walk on their day off?
(a) Return home and marry.
(b) Send more money home to her.
(c) Work at another silk factory.
(d) Live at her brother's house.

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

5. Who are Sui Ying and Lee Moi?
(a) Young girls who live with Auntie Yee.
(b) Girls who work at the silk factory but live at home.
(c) Servants.
(d) Sisters who are closest to Pei in age.

6. How many sets of clothes did Pei have growing up?
(a) Ten.
(b) Eight.
(c) Twenty.
(d) Two.

7. What job does Kung Ma have at the sisters' house?
(a) Cleaning person.
(b) Laundress.
(c) Keeping the books.
(d) Cook.

8. What does Mei-li's father want her to do?
(a) Take care of her sister.
(b) Move back home.
(c) Marry the son from a family they know.
(d) Give them more of her paycheck.

9. What does Pei decide she must do after Mei-li's death?
(a) Go through the hairdressing ceremony with Lin.
(b) Visit Mei-li's family.
(c) Work in another factory.
(d) Return home.

10. Where did Lin go before the hairdressing ceremony?
(a) To the library.
(b) To see her mother.
(c) On an errand for Auntie Yee.
(d) To work at the silk factory.

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

12. What did Pei's mother make her for breakfast in Chapter 2?
(a) Eggs.
(b) Porridge.
(c) Tea and cakes.
(d) Vegetables.

13. How can Pei tell a good cocoon from a bad one?
(a) Just by sight.
(b) Texture and firmness of its shell.
(c) Color.
(d) Whether it has growths on it.

14. What does Pei say about marriage?
(a) Marriage is a. way to stop working at the silk factory
(b) She can't get married because she doesn't love anyone enough.
(c) Marriage is the one goal she has.
(d) She can move into the sisters' house with Lin if she doesn't marry.

15. Where is Pei left in Chapter 2?
(a) Canton.
(b) Yung Kee.
(c) Beijing.
(d) Nanking.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who goes swimming in the cold pond at the end of Chapter 3?

2. Why is Pei waiting impatiently for her mother at the beginning of the novel?

3. What does Moi say when Auntie Yee tells her the weather has cleared?

4. What room did Pei begin in when she first started working at the silk factory?

5. What does Hong clutch under his arm in Chapter 7?

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