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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When one girl dies, what are the other factory workers encouraged to do?
(a) Stop complaining.
(b) Be better behaved.
(c) To be quiet and get back to work.
(d) Step forward in protest.

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

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

4. Who does Auntie Yee dream of the night she dies?
(a) Flying like a white bird.
(b) Her brother Chan.
(c) Working in the silk factory.
(d) Sailing on the Pearl River.

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

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

7. 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) Tall and quite beautiful.
(d) Short like her mother.

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

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

10. What expression does Moi have on her face after Pei and Lin speak to her and she is back in the kitchen in Chapter 16?
(a) Smile of victory.
(b) Anger.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Fear.

11. How long did it take for Pao's fish ponds to restore themselves after Pei went to work for the silk factory?
(a) One season.
(b) Five seasons.
(c) Three seasons.
(d) Ten seasons.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is nien kao?

2. What does Chung insist the factory workers do to make up for lost revenue in Chapter 11?

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

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

5. Who is Mui?

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