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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Mei-li miss at the beginning of Chapter 5?
(a) Her favorite show.
(b) Seeing Lin's mother.
(c) Her parents.
(d) Dinner.

2. The exterior of the silk factory is made up of what?
(a) Whitewashed bricks.
(b) Concrete.
(c) Wood.
(d) Sandstone.

3. Who did Pao consult for advice about his children?
(a) Yu-Sung.
(b) Pei.
(c) Fortune teller.
(d) Neighbor.

4. What ceremony does Lin want Pei to attend with her in Canton?
(a) Hairdressing ceremony.
(b) Marriage ceremony.
(c) Her mother's birthday celebration.
(d) Funeral.

5. What did Ming and Chen Ling wear to their hairdressing ceremony?
(a) Long silk gowns.
(b) Black skirt and white shirt.
(c) Red dresses.
(d) White pants and a blue shirt.

6. What does Yu-sung give her daughter Li before her marriage?
(a) Recipes.
(b) Ring.
(c) Handkerchief wrapped in milky-white paper.
(d) Money.

7. What happened with the year's harvest when Pei was young?
(a) Abundant.
(b) A good year.
(c) It was poor.
(d) Enough to support the whole family for a year.

8. What is one object that Pei collects for herself in Chapter 7?
(a) Silk cushion the color of the sky.
(b) Stone shaped like a giraffe.
(c) Dried flowers.
(d) Pear.

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

10. What excuse does Hong give Mei-li about why he wants to stop seeing her?
(a) She is too young.
(b) He has another girlfriend.
(c) His parents don't like her.
(d) He has to concentrate on his exams.

11. What does Pei decide she must do after Mei-li's death?
(a) Visit Mei-li's family.
(b) Return home.
(c) Work in another factory.
(d) Go through the hairdressing ceremony with Lin.

12. What injures Ming in Chapter 4?
(a) Heavy object hits her head.
(b) Burned from boiling water.
(c) Sharp glass.
(d) The manager's stick.

13. Why is Pei waiting impatiently for her mother at the beginning of the novel?
(a) She is cooking dinner.
(b) She has to finish reading a novel.
(c) She needs to help her husband in the fields.
(d) Her mother is having a baby.

14. What does Kung Ma look like?
(a) Older, gray-haired.
(b) Short and heavyset, with blond hair.
(c) Tall and thin, with red hair.
(d) Younger, black-haired.

15. What did Pei's mother make her for breakfast in Chapter 2?
(a) Tea and cakes.
(b) Vegetables.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Porridge.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Yu-sung when she married?

2. What kind of sandals does Lin give Pei?

3. What is the red-and-black book for that Kung Ma keeps in the top drawer of her bureau?

4. What was the weather the day of Chen Ling's hairdressing ceremony?

5. How many sets of clothes did Pei have growing up?

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