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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Open a dance studio.
(c) Hire a car to take them to work.
(d) Start their own silk factory.

2. What does Chung insist the factory workers do to make up for lost revenue in Chapter 11?
(a) Work longer hours for no additional pay.
(b) Skip part of the process to get it done faster.
(c) Lower their work quality.
(d) Work faster.

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

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

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

6. How many workers gathered at the sisters' home the night before the protest?
(a) Fifty.
(b) Two hundred.
(c) Seventy-five.
(d) Over a hundred.

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

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

9. When Chen Ling is summoned to Auntie Yee's beside, how has her illness progressed?
(a) She has pnuemonia.
(b) Her entire leg is swollen.
(c) She can't see.
(d) She is coughing up blood.

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

11. What does Pei promise Ji Shen in Chapter 18?
(a) To make sure she never goes hungry again.
(b) To help her with her chores.
(c) They will be safe when they move to another city.
(d) To visit her.

12. What are Lin's brothers wearing when they greet Pei and Lin?
(a) White pants and shirts.
(b) Red shirts.
(c) Dark suits with starched white collars.
(d) Long silk robes.

13. What does Lin write to her brother Ho Yung about in Chapter 18?
(a) Her mother.
(b) For money.
(c) A place on the boat for Ji Shen.
(d) About finding her an apartment.

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

15. What is nien kao?
(a) Vegetable.
(b) Sticky sweet cake.
(c) Soup.
(d) Appetizer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only one who knows that Auntie Yee is sick in Chapter 12?

2. How long is the list of demands that comes from the secret meeting?

3. Who does Pei see from the window of Lin's bedroom in Canton as she looks out into the garden?

4. What is Moi saving up in jars in Chapter 16?

5. Who does Moi see and have conversations with in the kitchen when she is alone in Chapter 16?

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