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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 expression does Moi have on her face after Pei and Lin speak to her and she is back in the kitchen in Chapter 16?
(a) Anger.
(b) Smile of victory.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Fear.

2. Who does Auntie Yee dream of the night she dies?
(a) Working in the silk factory.
(b) Her brother Chan.
(c) Sailing on the Pearl River.
(d) Flying like a white bird.

3. How does Yu-sung describe Pei when she returns to her parents' home?
(a) Boring.
(b) The child of guilt.
(c) Destructive.
(d) Selfish.

4. What are Lin's brothers wearing when they greet Pei and Lin?
(a) Dark suits with starched white collars.
(b) White pants and shirts.
(c) Long silk robes.
(d) Red shirts.

5. When Pei and Lin are traveling to the countryside, why does Pei decide not to ride in the sedan chair Lin has hired?
(a) Her legs are cramped and she needs to stretch them.
(b) The sedan carriers are tired.
(c) She has motion sickness.
(d) She wants to feel the earth beneath her feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Lin die?

2. What does Chung arrive in during the strike?

3. How long did it take for Pao's fish ponds to restore themselves after Pei went to work for the silk factory?

4. How does Yu-sung feel after Pei and Lin have said good-bye and leave?

5. When Chen Ling is summoned to Auntie Yee's beside, how has her illness progressed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Yu-sung's physical state?

2. What is Chung's reaction when the factory girls go on strike?

3. What does Lin do when the fire starts in the factory?

4. What is the state of affairs at the factory after New Year's?

5. What is Lin's homecoming like?

6. What does Pei see Wong Tai doing in the garden the morning after the wedding banquet?

7. Does Sui Ying seem to be uneasy about protesting?

8. Is Yu-sung happy to see Pei?

9. Why is Moi keeping everyone away from Auntie Yee's bedroom?

10. Why does Wong Tai seat Pei at a table with foreigners during Ho Chee's wedding banquet?

(see the answer keys)

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