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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who nurses Ji Shen back to health?
(a) Chen Ling.
(b) Kung Ma.
(c) Pei.
(d) Ming.

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

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

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

8. What did Chung come to the factory to tell the women in Chapter 17?
(a) He asked their opinion on new designs.
(b) He had a new shipment.
(c) He wants to give them pay raises.
(d) He is closing the factory.

9. What advantage does Chung think he has over the factory workers when they are making up for lost revenue?
(a) He will fire them if they complain.
(b) They like him.
(c) He can give them bolts of silk.
(d) He knows their parents.

10. Who accompanies Pei home after Ho Chee's wedding banquet?
(a) Wong Tai.
(b) Ho Yung.
(c) Mui.
(d) Lin.

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

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

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

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

15. Who does Moi see and have conversations with in the kitchen when she is alone in Chapter 16?
(a) Auntie Yee.
(b) Herself.
(c) Mei-li's ghost.
(d) Her mother's voice.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Lin write to her brother Ho Yung about in Chapter 18?

4. What does Lin tell Pei about Moi's behavior in Chapter 16?

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

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