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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the river that Mei-li walks to after her fight with Hong?

2. What does Pei decide she must do after Mei-li's death?

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

4. What does Kung Ma look like?

5. What does Lin's mother want her to do that Lin tells Pei about as they take a walk on their day off?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pei think about the sampans crossing the river as she rests with her father on the riverbank?

2. Describe Pei's experience on the boat to Canton with Lin.

3. Why is Auntie Yee worrying about Mei-li?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Pei's resilience as she becomes accustomed to living in the girls' house. What is her reaction when she learns she has been abandoned? How does she cope with her new life?

Essay Topic 2

Describe Lin's relationship with her mother, Wong Tai. How has her mother shirked her responsibilities? How did Lin take on the responsibility of supporting her family? Why is she now unwilling to do as her mother wishes?

Essay Topic 3

Describe Auntie Yee's character. What does she represent to the young silk workers? Do you think she understands them better because she has gone through a similar experience? How so?

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