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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Yu-sung feel after Pei and Lin have said good-bye and leave?
(a) Empty.
(b) Unafraid.
(c) Happy.
(d) Delighted.

5. Where does Pao go when he feels tears burning in his eyes at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) To cut mulberry bushes.
(b) To his ponds.
(c) To lie down on the bed.
(d) To the kitchen to make dinner.

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

7. What does Pao say months of fear about losing Yu-sung has done to him?
(a) Furrowed his brow with worry lines.
(b) Turned him into an old man.
(c) Made him lose his appetite.
(d) Turned his hair gray.

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

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

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

11. 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.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What factory girl is killed during the strike?

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

3. How long did it take for Pao's fish ponds to restore themselves after Pei went to work for the silk factory?

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

5. Who sends Lin a phonograph and records?

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