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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 Italian shoes.
(b) He wore traditional Chinese gowns.
(c) He wore Western suits.
(d) He wore a cowboy hat.

2. What did Yu-sung's arranged marriage lack?
(a) Respect.
(b) Tradition.
(c) Romance.
(d) Hard work.

3. Where did Lin go before the hairdressing ceremony?
(a) To the library.
(b) To see her mother.
(c) To work at the silk factory.
(d) On an errand for Auntie Yee.

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

5. What was the weather the day of Chen Ling's hairdressing ceremony?
(a) Wet and humid.
(b) Hot.
(c) Sunny.
(d) Dry.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pei describe Auntie Yee's scent in Chapter 2?

2. How was Lin educated as a child?

3. What is the red-and-black book for that Kung Ma keeps in the top drawer of her bureau?

4. What did Ming and Chen Ling wear to their hairdressing ceremony?

5. Where are Ming and Chen Ling moving to?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the relationship between Moi and Auntie Yee?

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

3. How does Pei feel she is treated differently after her hairdressing ceremony?

4. Does Chen Ling have a following of girls at the boarding house?

5. What success does Pei have as a silk girl?

6. What is Pei's reaction to the silk factory?

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

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

9. How does Mei-li react when Pei tells her it is time to go to the Chen Ling and Ming's banquet?

10. What is Pei's first impression of the sisters' house where she and Lin go to live?

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