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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Wong Tai ask her son Ho Yung to make sure is delivered on the day of the marriage ceremony?
(a) Wine.
(b) Chicken casserole.
(c) Roast pig.
(d) Sugar candies.

2. Besides shorter work hours, what changes did Chung agree to for the factory workers after their strike?
(a) Air conditioning.
(b) To buy lunch every day.
(c) New windows for better ventilation.
(d) Compensation for extra hours and a day off every two weeks.

3. What is Wing Lee's?
(a) Temple.
(b) Market shop.
(c) Expensive restaurant.
(d) Butcher's.

4. How does Lin die?
(a) Drowns when a boat overturns.
(b) From illness.
(c) A fire at the factory.
(d) Food posioning.

5. What stench does Pei find almost unbearable while at Ho Chee's wedding banquet?
(a) Opium.
(b) Cooking fish.
(c) Eggs.
(d) Cigar smoke.

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

7. What does Chung throw down in anger after talking to the women in the factory in Chapter 17?
(a) Book.
(b) Handkerchief.
(c) Food.
(d) Gloves.

8. What color gown is the bride wearing in Chapter 10?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) White.
(d) Ivory.

9. What does Lin tell Pei about Moi's behavior in Chapter 16?
(a) She forgets to cook the meals.
(b) She is frightening the girls.
(c) She is staying out too late at night.
(d) She is spoiling the girls.

10. When one girl dies, what are the other factory workers encouraged to do?
(a) Be better behaved.
(b) To be quiet and get back to work.
(c) Stop complaining.
(d) Step forward in protest.

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

12. Where does Pao go when he feels tears burning in his eyes at the end of Chapter 14?
(a) To his ponds.
(b) To cut mulberry bushes.
(c) To lie down on the bed.
(d) To the kitchen to make dinner.

13. What did Chung come to the factory to tell the women in Chapter 17?
(a) He asked their opinion on new designs.
(b) He is closing the factory.
(c) He wants to give them pay raises.
(d) He had a new shipment.

14. What are Lin's brothers wearing when they greet Pei and Lin?
(a) Red shirts.
(b) White pants and shirts.
(c) Dark suits with starched white collars.
(d) Long silk robes.

15. What city are Pei and Lin planning to move to?
(a) Nanking.
(b) Shanghai.
(c) Hong Kong.
(d) Canton.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the list of demands that comes from the secret meeting?

2. When Pao comes into the house for dinner in Chapter 13, what does he check for?

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

4. What does Lin write to her brother Ho Yung about in Chapter 18?

5. How many workers gathered at the sisters' home the night before the protest?

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