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

2. Where do Pei and Lin tell the sedan carriers to wait while they walk to Pei's family home?
(a) Under the shade of a tree.
(b) At a neighbor's barn.
(c) By the roadside in the sun.
(d) At the tea house in the village.

3. When Chen Ling is summoned to Auntie Yee's beside, how has her illness progressed?
(a) She is coughing up blood.
(b) She has pnuemonia.
(c) She can't see.
(d) Her entire leg is swollen.

4. What did Yu-sung discover about Li when she returned for her third day visit after her marriage?
(a) Her husband beat her.
(b) She has a nervous condition.
(c) She refuses to go back to her husband.
(d) She has the chicken pox.

5. What does Lin tell Pei about Moi's behavior in Chapter 16?
(a) She is frightening the girls.
(b) She is spoiling the girls.
(c) She is staying out too late at night.
(d) She forgets to cook the meals.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mui?

2. Where has Moi always had her room in the girls' house?

3. How does Lin die?

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

5. When Moi hears something hit the back door in Chapter 17, what does she think is outside?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is Pei's reaction to Lin's family home?

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

5. Is Yu-sung happy to see Pei?

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

7. Are the working conditions deteriorating at the factory in Chapter 11?

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

9. What is the Ghost Feast?

10. Describe Pao's physical appearance.

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