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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is traveling within the city difficult in Chapter 17?
(a) The river has flooded.
(b) Too many Japanese fighters.
(c) Lots of rain.
(d) Because of military checkpoints.

2. How long has Pei's sister, Li, been married?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Twenty years.
(d) Twelve years.

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

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

5. When Pei goes back to her family's farm, what color does she describe the soil as?
(a) Black.
(b) Brownish-orange.
(c) Rust.
(d) Brown.

6. Why were some factory workers getting sick in Chapter 11?
(a) They all ate the same bad food.
(b) From the drinking water.
(c) Fatigue and bad ventilation.
(d) The flu was going around Yung Kee.

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

8. Where does Yu-sung go after Pei and Lin have left her house?
(a) Down to the groves.
(b) Tea house.
(c) Temple.
(d) Village.

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

10. 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.

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

12. Who is the only one who knows that Auntie Yee is sick in Chapter 12?
(a) Pei.
(b) Moi.
(c) Ming.
(d) Chen Ling.

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

14. When did the strike begin at the factory?
(a) With the noon bell.
(b) At closing time.
(c) Early in the morning.
(d) During the 3 pm break.

15. What does the large shipment mean for the silk factory after New Year's in Chapter 16?
(a) Lunch is only 15 minutes long.
(b) No breaks during the day.
(c) Lots of work for the girls.
(d) Enforcement of longer hours.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lin suggest that she and Pei do at the start of the New Year's?

2. What factory girl is killed during the strike?

3. What did Chung come to the factory to tell the women in Chapter 17?

4. What color gown is the bride wearing in Chapter 10?

5. What does Chung throw down in anger after talking to the women in the factory in Chapter 17?

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