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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who paid for May Ying's passage?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Sam.
(d) The owner of the Peking House.

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

4. Where did May Ying take Hing quite often when she was alone in Canada?
(a) The market.
(b) The opera.
(c) A tea house.
(d) Work.

5. Why did May Ying always send money to her husband when he asked for it?
(a) So she would mean more to him than Huangbo.
(b) So he would stay in China.
(c) So she could be with him sooner.
(d) So she could support him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was May Ying at the beginning of the book?

2. What game did Sam start a business around?

3. How did many people describe Hing when May Ying would take her out?

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

5. What was Mon Keong?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happened to Hing when May Ying had some friends visiting?

2. Why did May Ying tell Sam to return to China?

3. What did Granny Yi do for May Ying?

4. What happened to Sam's first wife, and why did he re-marry so quickly?

5. Where did Sam find May Ying when she failed to come home one night?

6. What did Sam plan to do for Hing when she turned 5, and why?

7. What service did Hing hate doing for her mother in town?

8. What did families in Canada all have that May Ying liked?

9. What led May Ying and Huang to stop bickering and become friends?

10. Why did Hing become resentful of her mother?

(see the answer keys)

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