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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are Sui Ying and Lee Moi?
(a) Girls who work at the silk factory but live at home.
(b) Sisters who are closest to Pei in age.
(c) Young girls who live with Auntie Yee.
(d) Servants.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Kung Ma say about Pei's appearance when she first meets her?

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

3. What did many people disapprove of about the way Lin's father dressed?

4. How was Lin educated as a child?

5. What does Kung Ma look like?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Mei-li's body discovered?

2. Why does Mei-li feel comforted by the Pearl River?

3. What is a hairdressing ceremony?

4. Describe the city of Yung Kee.

5. What does Auntie Yee remember about Chan?

6. What was Kung Ma's marriage like?

7. Describe the hairdressing ceremony.

8. What is the only beautiful object in Pei's childhood home?

9. Why does Pao decide to send Pei to work in the silk trade?

10. What does Mei-li share with Pei after she comes home late one night?

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