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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. Who smoothed over the blunders made in Sam's business?
(a) May Ying.
(b) Nan.
(c) Ping.
(d) Sam.

2. Where did Sam take May Ying to dinner when they first met?
(a) A tea house.
(b) A hostel.
(c) A hotel.
(d) His house.

3. What part of town did Sam live in?
(a) Chinatown.
(b) Asian Province.
(c) Downtown.
(d) The tenements.

4. What game did Sam start a business around?
(a) Checkers.
(b) Stipple Sticks.
(c) Mah Jong.
(d) Chess.

5. Why did May Ying refuse to do what concubines were expected to do?
(a) She had daughters.
(b) She could control the wife.
(c) She made money.
(d) She was sickly.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did May Ying travel to meet the man who bought her?

2. What did Hing's sister give her at the beginning of the book?

3. What did Sam name May Ying's third child?

4. Why was May Ying so popular at her job?

5. Why did Sam's business fail?

(see the answer key)

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