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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 is the name that Pei calls her father?
(a) Ba Ba.
(b) Dear one.
(c) Papa.
(d) Sir.

2. After Ming's accident at the silk factory, who did Chung give all of Chen Ling's duties to?
(a) Mei-li.
(b) Lin.
(c) Pei.
(d) Su-lung.

3. Who is Chung?
(a) Restaurant chef.
(b) Neighbor.
(c) Owner of the factory.
(d) Guard.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the red-and-black book for that Kung Ma keeps in the top drawer of her bureau?

3. What did Yu-sung's arranged marriage lack?

4. What was the weather the day of Chen Ling's hairdressing ceremony?

5. What is the funny smell Pei notices when she and Lin approach the sedan carriers in Canton?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Auntie Yee worrying about Mei-li?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Pei react when her father leaves her at Auntie Yee's house?

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

8. What does Pei learn about from Sui Ying?

9. Describe Pei's journey with her father.

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

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