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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. When did Adeline and Bob travel to Hong Kong and China with an organized tour group?

2. Where did Father want Adeline to work at Hong Kong University?

3. What was Byron's salary when they moved to California?

4. What percent of the population in Hong Kong in the 1960s were Chinese?

5. After Adeline's graduation and internship, where did she spend two years working and studying for post-graduate degrees?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Joseph say when Aunt Baba informed him that Miss Chien had been stealing?

2. Why did Father's business change, and what new businesses did he start?

3. What was Byron's background?

4. What did Aunt Baba do after Joseph, Niang, and their family left?

5. Who attended Joseph's funeral?

6. What did Adeline have to do to get a California medical license?

7. What did Joseph say was the happiest time of his life?

8. What did C. S. do after he was asked to leave Britain?

9. What did the biopsy report reveal about Niang's illness?

10. When did Bob Mah's parents emigrate to America and what did they do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Ye Ye invested money in his son's company. Discuss how Ye Ye helped Joseph get his start and how Joseph repaid the favor.

Essay Topic 2

James became his father's heir apparent, but paid a high price to do so. Discuss what it cost James to become his father's heir and do his father's bidding.

Essay Topic 3

Adeline knew that her future was in Niang's hands. Discuss Niang's plans for Adeline's future and how Adeline was able to alter that future.

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