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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Yu-sung give her daughter Li before her marriage?
(a) Handkerchief wrapped in milky-white paper.
(b) Money.
(c) Recipes.
(d) Ring.

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

5. What did the male managers shout as they waved their sticks at the working girls in the silk factory?
(a) Faster!
(b) Stop talking!
(c) Keep working!
(d) Too slow!

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. What does Hong clutch under his arm in Chapter 7?
(a) Newspaper.
(b) Book.
(c) Coat.
(d) Lunch bag.

13. How far is the sisters' house from the girls' house?
(a) Four miles.
(b) Two miles.
(c) No more than 1/2 mile.
(d) One and a half miles.

14. Who goes swimming in the cold pond at the end of Chapter 3?
(a) Su-yung.
(b) Pei.
(c) Pao.
(d) Lin.

15. What kind of sandals does Lin give Pei?
(a) Plastic.
(b) Cloth.
(c) Wooden.
(d) Leather.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many sets of clothes did Pei have growing up?

2. Who is Hong?

3. What are the physical characteristics of the tribe that Pao descends from?

4. What were Lin and Pei's assigned duties at the sisters' house?

5. What does Yu-sung see when she looks at Pei as a young girl?

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