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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lin's mother want her to do that Lin tells Pei about as they take a walk on their day off?
(a) Return home and marry.
(b) Live at her brother's house.
(c) Send more money home to her.
(d) Work at another silk factory.

2. What does Pei decide she must do after Mei-li's death?
(a) Work in another factory.
(b) Go through the hairdressing ceremony with Lin.
(c) Return home.
(d) Visit Mei-li's family.

3. Whose family is from Fukien?
(a) Mei-li's.
(b) Lin's.
(c) Pei's.
(d) Su-lung's.

4. What big storm occurs in Chapter 4?
(a) Tornado.
(b) Monsoon.
(c) Tsunami.
(d) Hurricane.

5. Why were the girls given a day off from the silk factory at the beginning of Chapter 6?
(a) The machines are broken.
(b) It is their yearly day off.
(c) They are waiting for a new shipment of cocoons.
(d) Chung was feeling generous.

Short Answer Questions

1. The exterior of the silk factory is made up of what?

2. What did Auntie Yee get in the habit of doing in Chapter 5?

3. What is the hairstyle that Auntie Yee puts Chen Ling's hair in for the hairdressing ceremony?

4. How far is the sisters' house from the girls' house?

5. What does Mei-li's father look like?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mei-li feel comforted by the Pearl River?

2. What success does Pei have as a silk girl?

3. What was Kung Ma's marriage like?

4. What are the working conditions at the silk factory?

5. How does Pei know it is the right decision for her to join the sisterhood with Lin?

6. What does Mei-li share with Pei after she comes home late one night?

7. How is Mei-li's body discovered?

8. Describe Pei's journey with her father.

9. What is a hairdressing ceremony?

10. Is Mei-li willing to accept her father's choice of a husband for her?

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