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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 Pei like to look at in her childhood home when she needs comfort?
(a) Magazine.
(b) Photographs.
(c) Silk painting.
(d) Story book.

2. How far is the sisters' house from the girls' house?
(a) No more than 1/2 mile.
(b) Two miles.
(c) One and a half miles.
(d) Four miles.

3. Where did Lin go before the hairdressing ceremony?
(a) On an errand for Auntie Yee.
(b) To work at the silk factory.
(c) To see her mother.
(d) To the library.

4. How many sets of clothes did Pei have growing up?
(a) Ten.
(b) Two.
(c) Eight.
(d) Twenty.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What job does Pei get in Chapter 4 that means more money for her and her family?

4. What kind of farm does Pao have?

5. Where did Sui Ying's husband go after the flood?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between Moi and Auntie Yee?

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

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

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. Who is Sui Ying?

7. What does Pei think about the sampans crossing the river as she rests with her father on the riverbank?

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

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

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

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