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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. Why was May Ying evicted from her apartment?

2. What did Denise want to tell Ping about May Ying?

3. What did Sam think his letter from China was?

4. What did Gok Lek do to become a ward of something?

5. What kind of tournament was May Ying involved in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Hing not want to travel through China with Denise?

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

3. Why did Hing drop out of school?

4. How did Hing try to stop May Ying from drinking when she lived in her house?

5. What did Sam sell of his daughter's, and what did this mean for them?

6. What did Ping do when she learned her husband had a mistress?

7. What turned Gok Leng's life around from his trouble causing?

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

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

10. What did May Ying say in her letter to Hing after the 4 years of silence?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did Denise feel about the Cultural Revolution in China when it was over, and what led to this changed ideal?

Essay Topic 2

How did Huangbo show her integrity, and what resulted because of her dependence on integrity?

Essay Topic 3

Death and mortality were two integral themes of this plot. What are some of the key examples of this theme, and how did the presence of this theme affect the main characters?

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