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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who did the sisters' house once belong to?

3. What makes Pei speechless when she enters the large hall of the sisters' house?

4. What color armbands did the silk girls wear the day of Mei-li's burial?

5. What is the ballad of Kuan Yin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Pei react when her father leaves her at Auntie Yee's house?

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

3. What does Mei-li do when Hong tells her he doesn't love her?

4. What success does Pei have as a silk girl?

5. Why does Mei-li feel comforted by the Pearl River?

6. Is Mei-li willing to accept her father's choice of a husband for her?

7. What was Kung Ma's marriage like?

8. Who is Sui Ying?

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

10. Why does Yu-sung feel she has lost all her children?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Pei and Lin's relationship. What role(s) does Lin fill in Pei's life when she first arrives at the girls' house? How does their relationship deepen as they grow older?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss Pei and Ji Shen's decision to move to Hong Kong. What is Ji-Shen worried about? What do they hope to find in Hong Kong? When they see Hong Kong, why does Pei feel Lin's presence beside her?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss Yu-sung's marriage to Pao. How is her life with Pao very different from what she was used to in her family's home? Provide specific textual examples to support your opinion.

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