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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Chinese people think of women's wages?
(a) They were for her children.
(b) They were her husband's property.
(c) They were for personal use.
(d) They were shameful.

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

3. What surprised May Ying about her third child?
(a) It was a girl.
(b) It was small.
(c) It was deformed.
(d) It was large.

4. How did May Ying feel when Huangbo had a son?
(a) Alone.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Jealous.
(d) Excited.

5. What did Sam name May Ying's third child?
(a) Hing.
(b) Jing.
(c) Ling.
(d) Sing.

6. What was the Blue Funnel?
(a) A hotel.
(b) A business.
(c) A bus.
(d) A ship.

7. Who smoothed over the blunders made in Sam's business?
(a) Sam.
(b) Ping.
(c) Nan.
(d) May Ying.

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

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

10. What did Hing's sister give her at the beginning of the book?
(a) A ribbon.
(b) A kimono.
(c) A dress.
(d) A coat.

11. Why did Sam start sending more money to China when he returned to Canada?
(a) May Ying got a raise.
(b) War was spreading.
(c) He felt guilty.
(d) Huangbo was pregnant.

12. What did Ping say about Huangbo?
(a) She was simple minded.
(b) She was honorable but quiet.
(c) She was the better of her father's wives.
(d) She was weak.

13. What changed Hing's opinion of her mother
(a) Huangbo's word's about her.
(b) Her phone calls.
(c) Her teacher's statements about her.
(d) Her letters.

14. How did Hing stay in contact with her sisters?
(a) She wrote letters.
(b) She made phone calls.
(c) She made yearly trips.
(d) She took pictures.

15. Why did Huangbo think her son was deformed?
(a) She smoked opium.
(b) She cheated on her husband.
(c) She broke the legs of a chicken.
(d) She did not command the concubine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of memories did Hing have of her father while he was away?

2. What was Mon Keong?

3. How long was May Ying without Sam in Canada?

4. How was Hing's house in the past?

5. Who did Sam name May Ying's first child after?

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