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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who makes Auntie Yee proud?
(a) Chen Ling.
(b) Mei-li.
(c) Moi.
(d) Pei.

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

3. How old was Auntie Yee when she was given to the silk work?
(a) Four.
(b) Nine.
(c) Seven.
(d) Ten.

4. What color uniforms do the Chinese soldiers wear at the docks in Canton?
(a) Blue.
(b) Gray.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

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

6. Where does Pei go to try and find Mei-li after she doesn't show up at work?
(a) Llibrary.
(b) Sisters' house.
(c) Market place.
(d) Hong's house.

7. Whose family is from Fukien?
(a) Mei-li's.
(b) Lin's.
(c) Pei's.
(d) Su-lung's.

8. What does Kung Ma look like?
(a) Short and heavyset, with blond hair.
(b) Younger, black-haired.
(c) Older, gray-haired.
(d) Tall and thin, with red hair.

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

10. What did Ming and Chen Ling wear to their hairdressing ceremony?
(a) Red dresses.
(b) White pants and a blue shirt.
(c) Black skirt and white shirt.
(d) Long silk gowns.

11. Who stays at Auntie Yee's boarding house?
(a) Restaurant workers.
(b) Wayward boys.
(c) Silk girls.
(d) Fortune tellers.

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

13. Who is Ho Chee?
(a) Neighbor.
(b) Su-lung's boyfriend.
(c) Moi's friend.
(d) Lin's brother.

14. Who did the sisters' house once belong to?
(a) Chung.
(b) Wealthy family from Canton.
(c) Auntie Yee.
(d) Lin's family.

15. How did Mei-li feel by the sight of the river and the open space around it?
(a) Calm.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Angry.
(d) Excited.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Auntie Yee marry when she was twelve?

2. In Chapter 5, what does Chen Ling tell Auntie Yee that she and Ming have decided to do?

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

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

5. What does Pei overhear people on the streets talking about as she walks to the factory in Chapter 5?

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