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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. Where did hing meet Doreen?
(a) School.
(b) The market.
(c) The library.
(d) A tea house.

2. What did Gok Leng do for a living?
(a) He was a translator.
(b) He became a nurse.
(c) He ran a gambling hall.
(d) He was a teacher.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did May Ying say she continued to gamble?

2. Where did Nan first learn she was sick?

3. What did Huangbo spend extra money on during the war?

4. Why was May Ying evicted from her apartment?

5. What did May Ying do to pay for Yuen's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Hing able to purchase a house?

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

3. How did Sam die?

4. What made John almost cancel his engagement to Hing?

5. What did the Communists force Yuen to do?

6. How did Hing learn about her mother's death?

7. What were the biggest stumbling blocks for the relationship between Hing and John?

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

9. What did May Ying say led to Gok Leng's troubled times?

10. What was Huangbo chastised for by the Communists?

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