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

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

3. What does Mei-li discover dead in her basin at the silk factory?
(a) Mouse.
(b) Rat.
(c) Cockroach.
(d) Bird.

4. What job does Kung Ma have at the sisters' house?
(a) Laundress.
(b) Cleaning person.
(c) Keeping the books.
(d) Cook.

5. How can Pei tell a good cocoon from a bad one?
(a) Color.
(b) Whether it has growths on it.
(c) Just by sight.
(d) Texture and firmness of its shell.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mei-li say about Hong's hands?

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

3. Where does Su-lung live?

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

5. What kind of stare does Hong have when he looks at Mei-li in the market?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Pei's experience on the boat to Canton with Lin.

2. Describe the hairdressing ceremony.

3. What does Auntie Yee remember about Chan?

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

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

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

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

8. Who is Sui Ying?

9. How do the monsoon rains affect the silk girls?

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

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