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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1 through 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long did May Ying have to work to re-pay what was spent on her passage?
(a) 2 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 4 years.
(d) 1 year.

2. How did May Ying feel when she first met Sam?
(a) Excited.
(b) Nervous.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Happy.

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

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

5. Why did May Ying want her son to be born in Canada?
(a) So he could have citizenship there.
(b) So he could be with his grandparents.
(c) So he could have an inheritance.
(d) So he could be born in a good hospital.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Hing's house in need of at the beginning of the book?

2. What were concubines traditionally expected to do in the household?

3. How was Hing's house in the past?

4. Why did the women working with May Ying tend to wear heavy make up?

5. Who told May Ying her third child would be a boy?

(see the answer key)

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