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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. What did many people disapprove of about the way Lin's father dressed?
(a) He wore a cowboy hat.
(b) He wore Italian shoes.
(c) He wore traditional Chinese gowns.
(d) He wore Western suits.

2. Who is Chung?
(a) Restaurant chef.
(b) Owner of the factory.
(c) Guard.
(d) Neighbor.

3. What does Hong clutch under his arm in Chapter 7?
(a) Lunch bag.
(b) Book.
(c) Newspaper.
(d) Coat.

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

5. What is the hairstyle that Auntie Yee puts Chen Ling's hair in for the hairdressing ceremony?
(a) Chignon.
(b) Pigtails.
(c) Pulls it back with barrettes.
(d) Leaves it loose and flowing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Pao decide about Pei's future?

2. What kind of stare does Hong have when he looks at Mei-li in the market?

3. Who is Hong?

4. Who stays at Auntie Yee's boarding house?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the working conditions at the silk factory?

3. How does Pei know it is the right decision for her to join the sisterhood with Lin?

4. What does Auntie Yee remember about Chan?

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

6. Why does Yu-sung feel she has lost all her children?

7. Does Pei's mother think girls should be well-educated?

8. How does Auntie Yee become a worker for the silk factory?

9. How does Yu-sung describe Pao's home after she is married?

10. Who is Sui Ying?

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