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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. Where has Moi always had her room in the girls' house?
(a) Next to Auntie Yee's bedroom.
(b) In the attic.
(c) A bedroom on the second floor.
(d) On a cot in the far end of the kitchen.

2. What does Chung throw down in anger after talking to the women in the factory in Chapter 17?
(a) Book.
(b) Gloves.
(c) Food.
(d) Handkerchief.

3. What is the weather when Ji Shen appears at the girls' house one evening?
(a) Rainy and windy.
(b) Snowing.
(c) Hot and dry.
(d) Cold.

4. Who is Lau Chen?
(a) Chung's assistant.
(b) Pei's brother.
(c) Sui Ying's husband.
(d) Lin's brother.

5. Why is traveling within the city difficult in Chapter 17?
(a) Because of military checkpoints.
(b) Too many Japanese fighters.
(c) Lots of rain.
(d) The river has flooded.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pei feel once she sees the village of her youth again?

2. Where does Yu-sung go after Pei and Lin have left her house?

3. What was in the letter that Pei received from her village?

4. Who spreads the word about a secret meeting of the head silk workers?

5. How long is the list of demands that comes from the secret meeting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Chen Ling inspire the workers to strike?

4. What does Pei dream about her mother after she has died?

5. How does Pei feel when she sees her village again?

6. How do the girls finally discover that Auntie Yee is sick?

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

8. How does Ji Shen react when Pei asks her if she wants to go to Hong Kong?

9. What is Lin's homecoming like?

10. What condition is Ji Shen in when she arrives at the girls' house?

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