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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. What did Chinese people think of women's wages?
(a) They were for personal use.
(b) They were shameful.
(c) They were her husband's property.
(d) They were for her children.

2. How did Hing curtail May Ying's bad habit when she moved in?
(a) She stayed with her all the time.
(b) She gave her a budget.
(c) She made her watch the kids.
(d) She gave her a small bedroom.

3. Where did Denise move after her father's death?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Peking.
(c) Vancouver.
(d) Siam.

4. Why did the women working with May Ying tend to wear heavy make up?
(a) All of these.
(b) To look older than they were.
(c) To make men notice them.
(d) To hide their bruises from their husband.

5. How did Hing learn that her mother was arrested?
(a) She read it in the newspaper.
(b) She got a phone call.
(c) She saw her being carried away.
(d) Guen told her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Densie say made Hing so sad?

2. Who helped Hing choose her new name?

3. What disease was Sam trying to prepare for?

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

5. Where did Nan work during the war?

(see the answer key)

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