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100

Silk became a staple source of income for small farmers.

  • A. temporary and unimportant
  • B. unnecessary but permanent
  • C. expensive but affordable
  • D. important and regular 
  • D. important and regular
100

Chinese silk became highly desired across ancient empires.

  • A. ignored
  • B. hated
  • C. wanted
  • D. forgotten

C. wanted

100

Where was silk first produced?

  • A. India
  • B. Japan
  • C. China
  • D. Africa
  • C. China
100

Silk is made from the filaments of the cocoon of a __________.

  • A. butterfly
  • B. silkworm
  • C. spider
  • D. moth
  • B. silkworm
100
  1. What major source of income does Dung Bao hope will help his family?
  • A. Rice trading
  • B. Fishing
  • C. Silkworm farming
  • D. Carpentry


  • C. Silkworm farming
200

Foreigners dominate the country economically.

  • A. control
  • B. visit
  • C. protect
  • D. improve
  • A. control
200

Dung Bao resists buying foreign eggs.

  • A. accepts
  • B. forgets
  • C. enjoys 
  • D. opposes 
  • D. opposes
200

What trading network was named after silk?

  • A. Spice Route
  • B. Trade Highway
  • C. Golden Path
  • D. Silk Road
  • D. Silk Road
200

Aside from clothing, which of the following was made from silk?

  • A. Metal tools
  • B. Stone carvings
  • C. Fans and banners
  • D. Glass bottles
  • C. Fans and banners
200

How does A Duo differ from his father and brother?

  • A. He believes change is possible. 
  • B. He dislikes helping others.
  • C. He is pessimistic and won't accept other people's opinions.
  • D. He avoids working.
  • A. He believes change is possible.
300

Dung Bao laments that everything has changed.

  • A. celebrates
  • B. complains sadly
  • C. studies
  • D. discovers
  • B. complains sadly
300

The peasants were being exploited by moneylenders.

  • A. rewarded
  • B. entertained
  • C. treated unfairly for profit
  • D. respected
  • C. treated unfairly for profit
300

Why is Dung Bao worried at the beginning of the story?

  • A. His family is becoming wealthy.
  • B. Everything seems to be declining.
  • C. He plans to move away.
  • D. The harvest is already successful.

B. Everything seems to be declining.

300

Why does Dung Bao refuse to buy foreign silkworm eggs?

  • A. He is patriotic and dislikes foreign influence.
  • B. They are too large that they won't fit the container.
  • C. They are unavailable in the market due to the war. 
  • D. He does not know where to buy them.
  • A. He is patriotic and dislikes foreign influence.
300
  1. Why do the family members become stressed and quarrelsome?
  • A. They are preparing for a festival.
  • B. They lack sleep and food.
  • C. They are moving houses.
  • D. They are traveling.
  • B. They lack sleep and food.
400

The family's financial situation was precarious.

  • A. safe
  • B. dangerous and uncertain
  • C. comfortable
  • D. wealthy
  • B. dangerous and uncertain
400

The preparation of the silkworms was exacting.

  • A. easy
  • B. demanding and careful
  • C. exciting
  • D. impossible
  • B. demanding and careful
400

What did A Duo discover one night?

  • A. A fire in the village
  • B. Lotus throwing silkworms into the stream
  • C. Foreign traders arriving
  • D. Hidden money
  • B. Lotus throwing silkworms into the stream
400

What assumption did the villagers make after seeing Lotus and A Duo together?

  • A. They were related.
  • B. They were trading silkworms.
  • C. They were planning a business.
  • D. They were having an affair. 

D. They were having an affair.

400

What happened to Lotus's silkworm harvest?

  • A. It became the best in the village.
  • B. It was sold immediately.
  • C. It was ruined.
  • D. It was stolen by merchants.
  • C. It was ruined.
500

Lotus was ostracized from the community.

  • A. welcomed
  • B. forgiven
  • C. admired
  • D. excluded
  • D. excluded
500

The silkworm harvest was prodigious.

  • A. very large and impressive
  • B. small
  • C. weak
  • D. ordinary
  • A. very large and impressive
500

How successful was Dung Bao's silkworm harvest?

  • A. It completely failed.
  • B. It was average.
  • C. It was the best in decades.
  • D. It was smaller than expected.

C. It was the best in decades.

500

Why did the peasants have difficulty selling their cocoons?

  • A. The factories nearby were closed because of the war.
  • B. The cocoons were damaged.
  • C. They refused to travel.
  • D. No cocoons were produced.
  • A. The factories nearby were closed because of the war.
500

What is the central message of the story?

  • A. Hard work always guarantees success because it's destined to be.
  • B. Foreign products are always better than local products.
  • C. Wealth comes quickly through farming.
  • D. Hardworking people can still suffer because of economic and social conditions.
  • D. Hardworking people can still suffer because of economic and social conditions.