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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 Moi saving up in jars in Chapter 16?

2. How does Yu-sung describe Pei when she returns to her parents' home?

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

4. What does Lin suggest that she and Pei do at the start of the New Year's?

5. How does Lin die?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the Ghost Feast?

2. What is Pei's reaction to Lin's family home?

3. What is Yu-sung's physical state?

4. What is Pao's reaction when Pei returns home?

5. What is the state of affairs at the factory after New Year's?

6. What does Pei see Wong Tai doing in the garden the morning after the wedding banquet?

7. Describe Pao's physical appearance.

8. Does Sui Ying seem to be uneasy about protesting?

9. How does Pei feel when she sees her village again?

10. What is Lin's homecoming like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Yu-sung's marriage to Pao. How is her life with Pao very different from what she was used to in her family's home? Provide specific textual examples to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of forgiveness as it relates to Pei and her parents. What must she forgive them for? Is she able to do it when she sees them again? How so?

Essay Topic 3

Describe the hairdressing ceremony and its meaning to the silk sisterhood. Why does Lin tell Pei she is not ready to make the decision to participate in this ceremony? When does Pei know for certain that it is the right path for her?

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