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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chung throw down in anger after talking to the women in the factory in Chapter 17?
(a) Handkerchief.
(b) Gloves.
(c) Food.
(d) Book.

2. When Pao sees Pei walking toward the pond when she returns home, how does he describe his daughter's appearance?
(a) Bedraggled.
(b) Short like her mother.
(c) Pretty with red hair.
(d) Tall and quite beautiful.

3. What is Moi burning in the house when Auntie Yee is sick?
(a) Incense.
(b) Old clothes.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Dinner.

4. How long did it take for Pao's fish ponds to restore themselves after Pei went to work for the silk factory?
(a) Five seasons.
(b) One season.
(c) Three seasons.
(d) Ten seasons.

5. What does Pei say about Ho Yung, Lin's youngest brother?
(a) Auntie Yee would like him.
(b) He is a flirt.
(c) He likes to eat a lot.
(d) He most closely resembles Lin.

6. What stench does Pei find almost unbearable while at Ho Chee's wedding banquet?
(a) Cigar smoke.
(b) Opium.
(c) Cooking fish.
(d) Eggs.

7. Who is Mui?
(a) Neighbor.
(b) Lin's cousin.
(c) Lin's family's servant.
(d) Father's old assistant.

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

9. Who is Lau Chen?
(a) Lin's brother.
(b) Sui Ying's husband.
(c) Pei's brother.
(d) Chung's assistant.

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

11. What color gown is the bride wearing in Chapter 10?
(a) Ivory.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

12. Where has Moi always had her room in the girls' house?
(a) On a cot in the far end of the kitchen.
(b) In the attic.
(c) A bedroom on the second floor.
(d) Next to Auntie Yee's bedroom.

13. What is Auntie Yee suffering from in Chapter 12?
(a) Pain in her chest.
(b) Flu.
(c) Sprained ankle.
(d) Cracked rib.

14. What is the weather when Ji Shen appears at the girls' house one evening?
(a) Rainy and windy.
(b) Cold.
(c) Hot and dry.
(d) Snowing.

15. Who sends Lin a phonograph and records?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her older brother.
(c) Mui.
(d) Her younger brother, Ho Yung.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wing Lee's?

2. When Pei and Lin are traveling to the countryside, why does Pei decide not to ride in the sedan chair Lin has hired?

3. What does Mui call Lin?

4. How does Yu-sung feel after Pei and Lin have said good-bye and leave?

5. Who nurses Ji Shen back to health?

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