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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. Why did Auntie Yee feel unsettled in Chapter 5?
(a) She is sick.
(b) She is worrying about Mei-li.
(c) She has too much to do and not enough time to do it.
(d) Moi is talking too much.

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

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

6. What is one object that Pei collects for herself in Chapter 7?
(a) Silk cushion the color of the sky.
(b) Dried flowers.
(c) Pear.
(d) Stone shaped like a giraffe.

7. How was Lin educated as a child?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Private tutor.
(c) Boarding school.
(d) Public school.

8. What makes Pei speechless when she enters the large hall of the sisters' house?
(a) Chandelier.
(b) The bright colors of the furniture.
(c) The statue of the goddess of mercy.
(d) Animals wandering about.

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

10. Where did Sui Ying's husband go after the flood?
(a) Canton.
(b) Overseas to look for work.
(c) Back to his family's farm.
(d) Japan.

11. What did many people disapprove of about the way Lin's father dressed?
(a) He wore traditional Chinese gowns.
(b) He wore a cowboy hat.
(c) He wore Italian shoes.
(d) He wore Western suits.

12. What is the hairstyle that Auntie Yee puts Chen Ling's hair in for the hairdressing ceremony?
(a) Chignon.
(b) Pigtails.
(c) Pulls it back with barrettes.
(d) Leaves it loose and flowing.

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

14. What did Auntie Yee get in the habit of doing in Chapter 5?
(a) Being critical of the girls.
(b) Opening the front door and checking the sky.
(c) Sleeping late.
(d) Sweeping the front porch.

15. What happened with the year's harvest when Pei was young?
(a) It was poor.
(b) A good year.
(c) Enough to support the whole family for a year.
(d) Abundant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Auntie Yee love more than anyone when she was a child?

2. What does Pei say about her reflection after she has had her bangs cut?

3. What is Auntie Yee cleaning again at the beginning of Chapter 7?

4. What was Lin's father's job before his death?

5. What ceremony does Lin want Pei to attend with her in Canton?

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