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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Hing not want to go to China?
(a) She was afraid she couldn't return.
(b) She didn't want memories coming back.
(c) She didn't have the money.
(d) She wanted to forget her roots.

2. Who was with May Ying while she did not communicate with Hing?
(a) All of these.
(b) Guen.
(c) Gok Lek.
(d) Sam.

3. What kept Hing motivated at her vocational school?
(a) Her friendship with Doreen.
(b) Her encouragement from her father.
(c) Her desire to please her mother.
(d) Her goals for the future.

4. What did Denise say was the purpose for traveling in China with her mother?
(a) To fulfill a will and testament.
(b) To get documents.
(c) To arrange for an adoption.
(d) To find her relatives.

5. How did Ping know so much about May Ying?
(a) May Ying wrote letters.
(b) Huangbo talked about her.
(c) They had read her journal.
(d) Ping talked to her on the phone often.

6. How did most Chinese people view Yuen's deformity?
(a) A sign of improper conceivement.
(b) A sign of past misdeeds.
(c) A sign of bad luck.
(d) A sign of bad genes.

7. What ended the war in Japan?
(a) The Geneva Contract.
(b) The attack on Pearl Harbor.
(c) The atomic bombs.
(d) The treatise agreement.

8. Where did Nan first learn she was sick?
(a) In her bed.
(b) In the school.
(c) In the hospital.
(d) In the field.

9. What was May Ying arrested for?
(a) Illegal gambling.
(b) Selling drugs.
(c) Immigration.
(d) Prostitution.

10. What did Sam encourage Yuen to do when he was seven?
(a) Plant a garden.
(b) Care for his mother.
(c) Get an education.
(d) Find husbands for his sister.

11. How did Hing respond to the lawsuit filed against her?
(a) She filed her own lawsuit.
(b) She had him arrested.
(c) She moved.
(d) She paid the money.

12. How did Hing feel about living with Guen?
(a) She was angry.
(b) She was happy.
(c) She was offended.
(d) She was nervous.

13. What happened in China when the war broke out?
(a) Men left their homes.
(b) The government shut down.
(c) There were shortages.
(d) Travel was stopped.

14. Where was Ping's husband from?
(a) The village.
(b) Canada.
(c) The Army.
(d) America.

15. How did most Chinese families view Nan during the war?
(a) Attractive.
(b) All of these.
(c) Marriageable.
(d) Honorable.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was May Ying evicted from her apartment?

2. How did Hing curtail May Ying's bad habit when she moved in?

3. What did Yuen say marked his identity?

4. Where did Ping work during the war?

5. What did Denise want to tell Ping about May Ying?

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