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WorksheetsTHE CH'I-LIN PURSE READING
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is a folk tale?
A story telling real events
A biography story
An exaggerated tale
A story passed over many generations.
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 is a Ch'lin- Purse?
A gift girls get at 16 years old birthday parties.
A yellow silk purse made by servants on birthdays
A purse with gifts women received on her wedding day.
What does Hsiang-ling feels about getting a husband?
Very happy, cries of happiness
She is very picky, dislikes the idea.
She is trying to run away.
Was the wedding a terrible success after all?
Yes, she was a very sad married woman
No, she was happily married with a wonderful husband
Yes, she was married with an old ugly man.
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.
She was ready to plant more crops.
Why does Hsiang-ling became separated from her husband and son?
Crowds of people were fleeing all at one time.
The current of the river took her to another town.
She lost her memory and she could not recover it.
She was hired as a governess, What was her job?
Make food for Yüan-wai Lu's sick wife.
Clean the Pearl Hall everyday.
Take care of a spoiled child.
Play ball with the sweet kid of the house.
What was inside the Pearl Hall?
an altar with some pictures
an altar with her Ch'i-lin purse
more ball to play with the spoiled kid
balls made of silver
How were Hsiang-ling and Mrs. Lu different?
Hsiang-ling was very rich, with no kids. Mrs Lu has three kids.
Hsiang-ling started out wealthy but has become poor. Mrs. Lu started out poor but has become wealthy.
Hsiang-ling was a very beautiful and selfish woman. Mrs Lu was an old ugly lady.
What happened when Mrs.Lu knows Hsiang-ling was the owner of the purse?
The Lu family fired her from the house, they told her she was a liar.
The Lu familiy helped Hsiang-ling to find her family, they share their wealth.
Hsiang-ling took her belongings and took Lu family outside the house.
What was inside the Ch'i-lin purse?
candy and flowers
jade and valuables
seeds and gold
