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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 Ping not think much of her mother?
(a) She was not beautiful.
(b) She was selfish.
(c) She was never around.
(d) She was a prostitute.

2. Why did Sam start sending more money to China when he returned to Canada?
(a) Huangbo was pregnant.
(b) May Ying got a raise.
(c) He felt guilty.
(d) War was spreading.

3. What caused Sam to occasionally stop working in China after he left Hing?
(a) He got sick.
(b) He ran out of money.
(c) He got tired of working so hard.
(d) He got injured.

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

5. What grade did Hing repeat?
(a) 3rd.
(b) 2nd.
(c) 4th.
(d) 1st.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Chinese people think of women's wages?

2. Why did May Ying think Sam was an important man when they first met?

3. What was Mon Keong?

4. Who made many blunders in Sam's business?

5. What was Hing's house in need of at the beginning of the book?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Hing do to get her mother's attention, and how was it received?

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

3. What made May Ying so popular with the people in Canada?

4. Why did Hing stop seeing her father when he moved back to China?

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

6. Why did Sam and May Ying live in Canada instead of America?

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

8. Why did Hing become resentful of her mother?

9. What did Sam do to try and keep in contact with Hing?

10. What did Guen do for a living?

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