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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who did Auntie Yee marry when she was twelve?
(a) Silk factory manager.
(b) Lawyer.
(c) Doctor.
(d) Farmer.

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

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

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

7. Who said "It was as if she had been born an empty box, only to be filled by their desires" in Chapter 7?
(a) Auntie Yee.
(b) Lin.
(c) Pei.
(d) Mei-li.

8. How does Pei feel when she first enters the silk factory's open room?
(a) Happy.
(b) Awed.
(c) As if she were suffocating.
(d) Inspired.

9. What does Moi say when Auntie Yee tells her the weather has cleared?
(a) It's about time.
(b) The girls can finally go back to work.
(c) Great!
(d) There will be a mess to deal with now.

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

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

12. What does Pei say about Lin in Chapter 6?
(a) Lin does not make as much money as Pei does.
(b) Without Lin, she would be lost.
(c) Pei has only known her for a year.
(d) Lin is too talkative.

13. What is the name that Pei calls her father?
(a) Ba Ba.
(b) Dear one.
(c) Papa.
(d) Sir.

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

15. What does Yu-sung see when she looks at Pei as a young girl?
(a) The features of her mother.
(b) Her husband's features and her lively spirit.
(c) Her husband's personality.
(d) Her own face.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Pei go to try and find Mei-li after she doesn't show up at work?

2. What does Lin offer Pei when she wakes up before the evening meal?

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

4. Who stays at Auntie Yee's boarding house?

5. The exterior of the silk factory is made up of what?

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