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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. Who is Chen Ling's best friend?
(a) Ming.
(b) Pei.
(c) Lin.
(d) Mei-li.

2. What is the red-and-black book for that Kung Ma keeps in the top drawer of her bureau?
(a) Recording her life.
(b) Keeping financial information.
(c) Putting photographs in.
(d) Recording notes about the girls' behavior.

3. What does Pei say about her reflection after she has had her bangs cut?
(a) She had always wanted bangs.
(b) She looks more beautiful.
(c) The hair cutter did a good job.
(d) She looks like all the other girls.

4. What makes Pei speechless when she enters the large hall of the sisters' house?
(a) The statue of the goddess of mercy.
(b) Chandelier.
(c) Animals wandering about.
(d) The bright colors of the furniture.

5. What color armbands did the silk girls wear the day of Mei-li's burial?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Black.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Auntie Yee love more than anyone when she was a child?

2. What is Pei's favorite place at the sisters' house?

3. Who is Hong?

4. What kind of farm does Pao have?

5. Who cuts Pei's bangs in Chapter 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the hairdressing ceremony.

2. How does Mei-li react when Pei tells her it is time to go to the Chen Ling and Ming's banquet?

3. How does Pei feel she is treated differently after her hairdressing ceremony?

4. How does Auntie Yee become a worker for the silk factory?

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

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

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

8. Does Chen Ling have a following of girls at the boarding house?

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

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

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