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

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

3. What was Mon Keong?
(a) A store.
(b) A hotel.
(c) A school.
(d) A ship.

4. What kind of medicine did Sam get large a stockpile of?
(a) Quinine.
(b) Ibuprofen.
(c) Aspirin.
(d) Opium.

5. How old was May Ying at the beginning of the book?
(a) 18.
(b) 16.
(c) 15.
(d) 17.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sam want others in China to think of him after leaving Hing?

2. Why did Sam's business fail?

3. How did May Ying feel when Huangbo had a son?

4. How did May Ying feel when she first met Sam?

5. What was strange about Sam getting a taxi for May Ying?

Short Essay Questions

1. What made May Ying feel relieved when Huangbo had a son?

2. What kept Sam from returning home to China when he was out of work?

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

4. What did Guen do for a living?

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

6. What were Guen's stipulations for giving money to May Ying?

7. What made May Ying feel jealous when Huangbo had a son?

8. Why was May Ying not very fond of Nan when she was so pleased with Ping?

9. What did Hing imagine for herself when she was sad about her home life?

10. What caused years of no available work for Sam?

(see the answer keys)

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