The Ch'i-lin Purse

What genre is the Ch'i-lin Purse?

• nonfiction

• folktale

• realistic fiction

• historical fiction

What are folktales?

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

• stories about magical events

• stories with characters and events that seem real

• stories 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 Hsiang-ling at the beginning of the story?

• beautiful, intelligent, and hard to please.

• beautiful, funny, and easy going

• hard working and not so beautiful.

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

What is a Ch'i-lin Purse?

• a small bag that has an ancient Chinese tree on it.

• a blue small bag that was a gift to Hsiang-ling for turning 16

• a red small bag that has an ancient Chinese animal on it.

• an ancient Chinese animal that has scales on its body and a horn on its head.

Choose all the sentences that are true about 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 good son.

• It was made of blue silk.

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Hsiang-ling's maid explained that 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.

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Why did Hsiang-ling give the purse to a stranger?

• She thought doing so would bring her good luck

• She did not want to give birth to a son

• She did not like the way the purse looked

• She wanted to make a sad woman feel better.

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Six years after the wedding was a terrible flood, what happened with Hsiang-ling?

• She was homeless and alone in another town.

• She was very rich and famous because she could help poor people.

• The flood had no effect on her and her family.

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