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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did May Ying start living with Guen?
(a) She claimed to be pregnant.
(b) He moved into the same building.
(c) He offered to buy Hing.
(d) She was evicted.

2. Where did Nan die?
(a) In the school.
(b) In the hospital.
(c) In her bed.
(d) In the field.

3. What did Guen teach Hing to wash?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Her shoes.
(c) Her dress.
(d) Her socks.

4. How did May Ying learn that Nan died?
(a) Sam brought her a letter.
(b) Hing read a letter to her.
(c) She had a dream visit from Nan.
(d) Huangbo called her.

5. Why did Ping marry someone below her status?
(a) She wanted to move out of her house.
(b) She wanted to stay near Huangbo.
(c) She wanted to ease the burden on Huangbo.
(d) She wanted to live with Hing.

6. Why did Huangbo's letters change after the war?
(a) She wanted Sam to come home.
(b) She was too busy.
(c) She was heavily taxed.
(d) She didn't want to get in trouble.

7. What pleased Sam about Hing?
(a) Her good grades.
(b) Her hatred of her mother.
(c) Her beauty.
(d) Her obedience.

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

9. What was Hing put in charge of when her mother returned from Winnipeg?
(a) Cooking and cleaning.
(b) Paying the rent.
(c) Gok Lek.
(d) Feeding the animals.

10. What did Yuen say marked his identity?
(a) His deformity.
(b) His family.
(c) His intelligence.
(d) His heart.

11. Where did Nan work during the war?
(a) The airport.
(b) The tea houses.
(c) The fields.
(d) The docks.

12. How far away was John transferred for work after Sam's death?
(a) 500 miles.
(b) 1,250 miles.
(c) 1,000 miles.
(d) 750 miles.

13. What did Densie say made Hing so sad?
(a) She wanted another child.
(b) She missed her mother.
(c) She knew her husband was dying.
(d) She had a bad childhood.

14. Where in China did Denise meet her mother when they traveled?
(a) Totion.
(b) Siam.
(c) Hong Kong.
(d) Peking.

15. What did Ping ride as she left her home after her marriage?
(a) A bike.
(b) A wagon.
(c) A donkey.
(d) A horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was May Ying evicted from her apartment?

2. Where did Ping work during the war?

3. How did May Ying die?

4. Why did Huangbo end the schooling for Ping?

5. Why did Doreen drop out of school?

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