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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. How does Pei feel when she first enters the silk factory's open room?
(a) As if she were suffocating.
(b) Awed.
(c) Happy.
(d) Inspired.

2. What kind of flowers did Pei pick while walking with her father in Chapter 2?
(a) Lupines.
(b) Sunflowers.
(c) Roses.
(d) Wildflowers.

3. What does Lin offer Pei when she wakes up before the evening meal?
(a) To call her mother.
(b) Tea.
(c) Coffee.
(d) Kindness and comfort.

4. Who says "Remember to keep warm--you won't get sick if you keep warm!" in Chapter 8?
(a) Pei.
(b) Lin.
(c) Moi.
(d) Auntie Yee.

5. Where does Su-lung live?
(a) At home with her family.
(b) Hotel.
(c) A boarding house across town.
(d) At the boarding house with Pei.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name that Pei calls her father?

2. What color uniforms do the Chinese soldiers wear at the docks in Canton?

3. How old was Yu-sung when she married?

4. What kind of feeling does Pei have when she sees Lin's family home for the first time?

5. What does Pei say about marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Yu-sung feel she has lost all her children?

2. What is Pei's reaction to the silk factory?

3. What story does Lin tell Pei about her family?

4. Why does Lin decide she must also have a hairdressing ceremony?

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

6. Does Pei's mother think girls should be well-educated?

7. What is Pei's first impression of the sisters' house where she and Lin go to live?

8. Describe the city of Yung Kee.

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

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

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