The Ch'i-lin Purse Part I

What genre is the Ch'i-lin Purse?

• literary nonfiction

• folk tales

• fairy tales

• historical fiction

Explain the genre of the story.

• stories and legends told from one generation to the next about cultural traditions

• stories about magical events that are imaginary

• short tales about a moral lesson

• stories with characters that are imaginary and based on events that are historically true

Who is the main character of the story?

• the girl crying on the pavilion

• Mrs. Hsüeh

• Hsiang-ling

• the servant

How would you describe the main character?

• generous with everyone

• sad and somber

• happy and excited

• spoiled, materialistic

Check all the true characteristics of the Ch'i-lin purse.

• it had an ancient Chinese animal

• it was given to Hsiang-ling by her mom

• it represented wishes for Hsiang-ling to have a son

• it was made of blue silk

What was the main event in the first part of the story?

• Hsiang-ling lost her dad

• Hsiang-ling was moving away

• Hsiang-ling was going to get married

• Hsiang-ling was going to graduate

Why was her servant crying?

• The people at the store made fun of him for returning the gifts.

• Mrs. Hsüeh was mad at him for not making Hsiang-ling happy.

• Hsiang-ling was screaming at him.

• He was going to get fired.

What did Hsiang-ling hear when she was waiting for the rain to pass at the pavilion?

• A girl that was sitting on the street talking

• A girl fighting with another person

• A girl who was going to get married too was crying

• Her servants talking outside

What did Hsiang-ling decide to do about the sounds she heard?

• She asked her servants to take her away from there.

• She had her maid ask what was wrong because it was bad luck for someone to cry on her wedding day.

• She called her mother and told her to help her.

• She ignored her and waited for the rain to pass.

Her maid explained the girl that was getting married was crying because she was poor. What did Hsiang-ling do about it?

• She gave her the Ch'i-lin purse her mother gave her.

• She gave her a hug to make her feel better.

• She wished the other girl good luck and left.

• She decided it was the girl's problem and there was nothing she could do about it.