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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. Who is Ho Chee?

2. What did many people disapprove of about the way Lin's father dressed?

3. What happened with the year's harvest when Pei was young?

4. How does Pei feel when she first enters the silk factory's open room?

5. What does Yu-sung give her daughter Li before her marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the monsoon rains affect the silk girls?

2. Describe the city of Yung Kee.

3. How does Pei feel she is treated differently after her hairdressing ceremony?

4. How does Auntie Yee become a worker for the silk factory?

5. Why does Pao decide to send Pei to work in the silk trade?

6. What is Pei's first impression of the sisters' house where she and Lin go to live?

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

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

9. Does Pei's mother think girls should be well-educated?

10. Does Chen Ling have a following of girls at the boarding house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Pei's resilience as she becomes accustomed to living in the girls' house. What is her reaction when she learns she has been abandoned? How does she cope with her new life?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of forgiveness as it relates to Pei and her parents. What must she forgive them for? Is she able to do it when she sees them again? How so?

Essay Topic 3

Friendship plays an important role in this novel. Describe two sets of friends and their influence on each other. Provide textual examples to support your ideas.

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