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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 11 through 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Ping marry someone below her status?
(a) She wanted to live with Hing.
(b) She wanted to move out of her house.
(c) She wanted to ease the burden on Huangbo.
(d) She wanted to stay near Huangbo.

2. How did May Ying feel when she may Huangbo cry?
(a) Empathetic.
(b) Sorry.
(c) Proud.
(d) Annoyed.

3. Why did Doreen drop out of school?
(a) She got pregnant.
(b) She failed a class.
(c) She missed Hing.
(d) She joined the Army.

4. How old was Shortie Lan when she met May Ying?
(a) 12.
(b) 11.
(c) 14.
(d) 13.

5. How did Hing console herself for her broken home?
(a) She called her sisters.
(b) She sang songs.
(c) She worked hard at school.
(d) She wrote in her journal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Ping not think much of her mother?

2. What did the owner of the Peking House refuse to do for Sam?

3. How did Hing respond to the lawsuit filed against her?

4. How did May Ying hope to be taken care of in her old age?

5. How did Hing learn that her mother was arrested?

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