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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long has Pei's sister, Li, been married?
(a) Twenty years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Twelve years.
(d) Ten years.

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

3. What is the weather when Ji Shen appears at the girls' house one evening?
(a) Rainy and windy.
(b) Cold.
(c) Snowing.
(d) Hot and dry.

4. What expression does Moi have on her face after Pei and Lin speak to her and she is back in the kitchen in Chapter 16?
(a) Anger.
(b) Fear.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Smile of victory.

5. What does Chung insist the factory workers do to make up for lost revenue in Chapter 11?
(a) Lower their work quality.
(b) Work longer hours for no additional pay.
(c) Skip part of the process to get it done faster.
(d) Work faster.

6. What does Lin write to her brother Ho Yung about in Chapter 18?
(a) For money.
(b) Her mother.
(c) About finding her an apartment.
(d) A place on the boat for Ji Shen.

7. Who is Mui?
(a) Neighbor.
(b) Lin's cousin.
(c) Father's old assistant.
(d) Lin's family's servant.

8. What is Moi burning in the house when Auntie Yee is sick?
(a) Newspaper.
(b) Old clothes.
(c) Incense.
(d) Dinner.

9. Who does Auntie Yee dream of the night she dies?
(a) Flying like a white bird.
(b) Sailing on the Pearl River.
(c) Working in the silk factory.
(d) Her brother Chan.

10. Who spreads the word about a secret meeting of the head silk workers?
(a) Sui Ying.
(b) Lin.
(c) Pei.
(d) Chen Ling.

11. What is Moi saving up in jars in Chapter 16?
(a) Food.
(b) Buttons.
(c) Lucky money.
(d) Stones.

12. What does Pao say months of fear about losing Yu-sung has done to him?
(a) Turned him into an old man.
(b) Furrowed his brow with worry lines.
(c) Turned his hair gray.
(d) Made him lose his appetite.

13. What does Lin suggest that she and Pei do at the start of the New Year's?
(a) Hire a car to take them to work.
(b) Take a trip to the country.
(c) Open a dance studio.
(d) Start their own silk factory.

14. How does Yu-sung describe Pei when she returns to her parents' home?
(a) Selfish.
(b) Destructive.
(c) Boring.
(d) The child of guilt.

15. Who does Moi see and have conversations with in the kitchen when she is alone in Chapter 16?
(a) Mei-li's ghost.
(b) Herself.
(c) Auntie Yee.
(d) Her mother's voice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What factory girl is killed during the strike?

2. What does Pei say about Ho Yung, Lin's youngest brother?

3. What was in the letter that Pei received from her village?

4. What advantage does Chung think he has over the factory workers when they are making up for lost revenue?

5. What does the large shipment mean for the silk factory after New Year's in Chapter 16?

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