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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did most Chinese families view Nan during the war?

2. How did Ping know so much about May Ying?

3. What bad habit did May Ying have when she moved in with John and Hing?

4. How far away was John transferred for work after Sam's death?

5. What was May Ying arrested for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Sam want Ping to do when she left her husband, and why did she not do it?

2. What caused Doreen to drop out of school?

3. How did Nan die?

4. What did Ping do when she learned her husband had a mistress?

5. What did Hing get sued for?

6. What did Sam sell of his daughter's, and what did this mean for them?

7. What did the Communists force Yuen to do?

8. How did Hing's husband make a living?

9. What did Sam do for Hing whenever he made a trip to Chinatown?

10. Why did Denise want her mother to travel through China with her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Who was the more honorable woman between Huangbo and May Ying, and why?

Essay Topic 2

How was the theme of diversity shown in this book, and which people were most affected by this?

Essay Topic 3

Why was education so important to Hing, and what affect did this importance have on her mothering?

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