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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Moi see and have conversations with in the kitchen when she is alone in Chapter 16?
(a) Herself.
(b) Mei-li's ghost.
(c) Her mother's voice.
(d) Auntie Yee.

2. What does Wong Tai ask her son Ho Yung to make sure is delivered on the day of the marriage ceremony?
(a) Chicken casserole.
(b) Wine.
(c) Roast pig.
(d) Sugar candies.

3. Where do Pei and Lin tell the sedan carriers to wait while they walk to Pei's family home?
(a) By the roadside in the sun.
(b) At the tea house in the village.
(c) At a neighbor's barn.
(d) Under the shade of a tree.

4. Where is Pei seated at Lin's brother's wedding banquet?
(a) At a table with foreigners.
(b) Table with children.
(c) Head table.
(d) Table with relatives.

5. What does Lin suggest that she and Pei do at the start of the New Year's?
(a) Take a trip to the country.
(b) Start their own silk factory.
(c) Open a dance studio.
(d) Hire a car to take them to work.

6. What advantage does Chung think he has over the factory workers when they are making up for lost revenue?
(a) He can give them bolts of silk.
(b) He will fire them if they complain.
(c) He knows their parents.
(d) They like him.

7. How long is the list of demands that comes from the secret meeting?
(a) Six pages.
(b) One page.
(c) Three pages.
(d) Two pages.

8. Who helps Lin and Pei into the sedan chair when they leave Lin's family's house to return to Yung Kee?
(a) Wong Tai.
(b) Mui.
(c) Ho Yung.
(d) Ho Chee.

9. How does Lin die?
(a) Food posioning.
(b) Drowns when a boat overturns.
(c) From illness.
(d) A fire at the factory.

10. What does Mui call Lin?
(a) Dear one.
(b) Lady.
(c) Missy.
(d) Little girl.

11. How does Pei feel once she sees the village of her youth again?
(a) Excited like a child.
(b) Resentful.
(c) Fear.
(d) Filled with bad memories.

12. What is Wing Lee's?
(a) Expensive restaurant.
(b) Butcher's.
(c) Temple.
(d) Market shop.

13. What was in the letter that Pei received from her village?
(a) News about her father's health.
(b) An invitation to a family celebration.
(c) News about the death of her mother.
(d) News about Li's whereabouts.

14. When Moi hears something hit the back door in Chapter 17, what does she think is outside?
(a) Racoon.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Rats.
(d) Cats.

15. What is Moi saving up in jars in Chapter 16?
(a) Food.
(b) Stones.
(c) Buttons.
(d) Lucky money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What stench does Pei find almost unbearable while at Ho Chee's wedding banquet?

2. What does Pei say about Ho Yung, Lin's youngest brother?

3. Who spreads the word about a secret meeting of the head silk workers?

4. What is the weather when Ji Shen appears at the girls' house one evening?

5. Why is traveling within the city difficult in Chapter 17?

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