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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 does Su-lung live?

2. After Ming's accident at the silk factory, who did Chung give all of Chen Ling's duties to?

3. What is the name that Pei calls her father?

4. Who stays at Auntie Yee's boarding house?

5. The exterior of the silk factory is made up of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a hairdressing ceremony?

2. Describe the hairdressing ceremony.

3. How is Mei-li's body discovered?

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

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

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

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

8. Describe the city of Yung Kee.

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

10. Describe Lin's mother.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe Lin's relationship with her mother, Wong Tai. How has her mother shirked her responsibilities? How did Lin take on the responsibility of supporting her family? Why is she now unwilling to do as her mother wishes?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the importance of the setting of the sisters' house on Pei's life. How does she feel different when she moves into this house? What does she like about it? How does it give her the comfort and security she is seeking?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the silk factory and the work that is done there. What is Pei's reaction the first time she sees the silk work? How does she quickly become a valued worker?

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