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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 gift does Yu-sung give Pei when she visits with Lin?
(a) Silk painting of five birds.
(b) Earrings.
(c) Fish.
(d) Jade necklace.

2. When one girl dies, what are the other factory workers encouraged to do?
(a) Be better behaved.
(b) Stop complaining.
(c) To be quiet and get back to work.
(d) Step forward in protest.

3. 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.

4. What city are Pei and Lin planning to move to?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Shanghai.
(c) Nanking.
(d) Canton.

5. Who is Mui?
(a) Lin's family's servant.
(b) Neighbor.
(c) Father's old assistant.
(d) Lin's cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many workers gathered at the sisters' home the night before the protest?

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

3. How does Lin die?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Pao's physical appearance.

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

4. What is Lin's homecoming like?

5. Is Yu-sung happy to see Pei?

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

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

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

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

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

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