2. What job does Pei get in Chapter 4 that means more money for her and her family?
(a) Washing the cocoons.
(b) Keeping the books.
(c) Reeling the silk.
(d) Cleaning the floor.

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) Live at her brother's house.
(b) Work at another silk factory.
(c) Send more money home to her.
(d) Return home and marry.

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

5. What is the funny smell Pei notices when she and Lin approach the sedan carriers in Canton?
(a) Dead animals.
(b) Garbage.
(c) Old fish.
(d) Opium.

6. Who cuts Pei's bangs in Chapter 2?
(a) Lin.
(b) Pei.
(c) Auntie Yee.
(d) Mei-li.

7. 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.

8. What does Mei-li's father look like?
(a) Tall and thin.
(b) Full head of hair and short.
(c) Thin, with glasses.
(d) Heavyset and balding.

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

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

11. What color armbands did the silk girls wear the day of Mei-li's burial?
(a) Red.
(b) Blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Black.

12. What did Mei-li miss at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Dinner.
(b) Her favorite show.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Seeing Lin's mother.

13. What room did Pei begin in when she first started working at the silk factory?
(a) Spinning room.
(b) Soaking room.
(c) Drying room.
(d) Sorting room.

14. What were Lin and Pei's assigned duties at the sisters' house?
(a) Making a meal.
(b) Washing and cleaning.
(c) Hanging up the wash outside.
(d) Making the beds.

15. What does Pao decide about Pei's future?
(a) Keep her home until she is older.
(b) Have her work at a neighbor's home.
(c) Arrange a marriage as quickly as possible.
(d) To have her work in a silk factory.