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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is nien kao?
(a) Vegetable.
(b) Appetizer.
(c) Sticky sweet cake.
(d) Soup.

2. Who makes Auntie Yee proud?
(a) Moi.
(b) Mei-li.
(c) Chen Ling.
(d) Pei.

3. What room did Pei begin in when she first started working at the silk factory?
(a) Spinning room.
(b) Sorting room.
(c) Soaking room.
(d) Drying room.

4. How does Pei feel once she sees the village of her youth again?
(a) Filled with bad memories.
(b) Excited like a child.
(c) Resentful.
(d) Fear.

5. Who does Pei see from the window of Lin's bedroom in Canton as she looks out into the garden?
(a) Ho Yung.
(b) Wong Tai.
(c) Mui.
(d) Ho Chee.

Short Answer Questions

1. What color uniforms do the Chinese soldiers wear at the docks in Canton?

2. How did Mei-li feel by the sight of the river and the open space around it?

3. How was Lin educated as a child?

4. How old was Auntie Yee when she was given to the silk work?

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

(see the answer key)

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