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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who told Hing about May Ying's death?

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

3. Where did Nan die?

4. What kept Hing motivated at her vocational school?

5. Where did Denise move after her father's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did the Communists force Yuen to do?

2. What did Sam want Ping to do when she left her husband, and why did she not do it?

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

4. What was Huangbo chastised for by the Communists?

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

6. How did Nan die?

7. What changed in Huangbo's letters after the war, and why?

8. How did Denise find Hing's family?

9. What was the gift Ping gave to Hing, and what did it signify?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the significance of the title of this book?

Essay Topic 2

How was the theme of diversity shown in this book, and which people were most affected by this?

Essay Topic 3

How did the relationship between Hing and her father change throughout the course of the story, and how did these changes affect the people around them?

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