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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What gift does Yu-sung give Pei when she visits with Lin?
(a) Fish.
(b) Jade necklace.
(c) Earrings.
(d) Silk painting of five birds.

2. How does Yu-sung describe Pei when she returns to her parents' home?
(a) Boring.
(b) The child of guilt.
(c) Destructive.
(d) Selfish.

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

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

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

6. What did Yu-sung discover about Li when she returned for her third day visit after her marriage?
(a) Her husband beat her.
(b) She refuses to go back to her husband.
(c) She has a nervous condition.
(d) She has the chicken pox.

7. What does Lin tell Pei about Moi's behavior in Chapter 16?
(a) She is spoiling the girls.
(b) She is frightening the girls.
(c) She forgets to cook the meals.
(d) She is staying out too late at night.

8. Who does Pei see from the window of Lin's bedroom in Canton as she looks out into the garden?
(a) Ho Yung.
(b) Mui.
(c) Ho Chee.
(d) Wong Tai.

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

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

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

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

13. Who does Pei talk about finding after she returns to the silk factory?
(a) Chan.
(b) Li.
(c) Lau Chen.
(d) Hulan.

14. 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 a neighbor's barn.
(c) At the tea house in the village.
(d) Under the shade of a tree.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Auntie Yee suffering from in Chapter 12?

2. Who helps Lin and Pei into the sedan chair when they leave Lin's family's house to return to Yung Kee?

3. What was in the letter that Pei received from her village?

4. How long has Pei's sister, Li, been married?

5. Why were some factory workers getting sick in Chapter 11?

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