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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Yu-sung accustomed to in her childhood home?
(a) Lack of money.
(b) Cleanliness and a few high-quality items.
(c) Religion.
(d) Silence.

2. How old was Yu-sung when she married?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Seventeen.

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

4. Who is Chen Ling's best friend?
(a) Pei.
(b) Lin.
(c) Ming.
(d) Mei-li.

5. How was Lin educated as a child?
(a) Boarding school.
(b) Public school.
(c) Private tutor.
(d) Her mother.

6. Who is Ho Chee?
(a) Su-lung's boyfriend.
(b) Neighbor.
(c) Lin's brother.
(d) Moi's friend.

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

8. How does Pei feel when she first enters the silk factory's open room?
(a) Awed.
(b) Inspired.
(c) As if she were suffocating.
(d) Happy.

9. What does Chen Ling call Auntie Yee?
(a) Mother.
(b) Sister.
(c) Second mother.
(d) Friend.

10. Whose family is from Fukien?
(a) Su-lung's.
(b) Lin's.
(c) Pei's.
(d) Mei-li's.

11. What job does Moi have in Auntie Yee's home?
(a) Cook.
(b) Accountant.
(c) Story teller.
(d) Seamstress.

12. What are the physical characteristics of the tribe that Pao descends from?
(a) Tall with flat facial features.
(b) Short with large noses.
(c) Average height with bushy eyebrows.
(d) Tall with nice cheekbones.

13. Who did Auntie Yee love more than anyone when she was a child?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Chan.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

14. What were Lin and Pei's assigned duties at the sisters' house?
(a) Hanging up the wash outside.
(b) Making the beds.
(c) Making a meal.
(d) Washing and cleaning.

15. Who stays at Auntie Yee's boarding house?
(a) Silk girls.
(b) Restaurant workers.
(c) Fortune tellers.
(d) Wayward boys.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 9, who is said to bathe infrequently, drink expensive liquor, and eat large slabs of bloody beef?

2. What room did Pei begin in when she first started working at the silk factory?

3. What injures Ming in Chapter 4?

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

5. What does Pei like to look at in her childhood home when she needs comfort?

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