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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What caused May Ying and Huangbo to be friends?
(a) Sam talked about getting another concubine.
(b) Sam lost his job.
(c) They both got pregnant.
(d) They got sick.

2. Why did Sam's business fail?
(a) People refused to play while Sam was around.
(b) May Ying was not as beautiful.
(c) The food was not as good.
(d) Other houses opened up for less.

3. How did May Ying feel about debt?
(a) She thought is was dishonorable.
(b) She got nervous about it.
(c) She was comfortable with it.
(d) She loved it.

4. How did Huangbo act when her husband returned to China after leaving Hing?
(a) Haughty.
(b) Humble.
(c) Happy.
(d) Hungry.

5. How was Hing's house in the past?
(a) Ornate.
(b) Elaborate.
(c) Run down.
(d) Plain.

6. What did Sam want others in China to think of him after leaving Hing?
(a) That he was respected.
(b) That he did well in Canada.
(c) That he had a son.
(d) That he was wealthy.

7. What kind of medicine did Sam get large a stockpile of?
(a) Opium.
(b) Ibuprofen.
(c) Quinine.
(d) Aspirin.

8. Why did Sam leave China after his son was born?
(a) He got his son.
(b) He finished the house.
(c) He missed May Ying.
(d) He needed to make money.

9. Why did the women working with May Ying tend to wear heavy make up?
(a) All of these.
(b) To make men notice them.
(c) To hide their bruises from their husband.
(d) To look older than they were.

10. Who enrolled Hing in school?
(a) May Ying.
(b) Sam.
(c) Jang.
(d) Hing.

11. Where did Sam take May Ying to dinner when they first met?
(a) A hostel.
(b) His house.
(c) A hotel.
(d) A tea house.

12. Why was May Ying so popular at her job?
(a) She was good at her job.
(b) She was pretty.
(c) All of these.
(d) She was one of the few women in town.

13. How old was Shortie Lan when she met May Ying?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

14. What was wrong with Huangbo's son?
(a) He had a cleft palate.
(b) His feet were bent.
(c) His arm was bent.
(d) His fingers were webbed.

15. Who told May Ying her third child would be a boy?
(a) A fortune teller.
(b) A doctor.
(c) Sam.
(d) A dream.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were concubines traditionally expected to do in the household?

2. How long did May Ying have to work to re-pay what was spent on her passage?

3. Who made Hing stay in contact with her sisters?

4. How did Hing stay in contact with her sisters?

5. Why did Sam start sending more money to China when he returned to Canada?

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