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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. What was the name of Hing's sister?
(a) Ying.
(b) Zing.
(c) Ping.
(d) Ting.

2. Who paid for May Ying's passage?
(a) The owner of the Peking House.
(b) Sam.
(c) Her uncle.
(d) Her mother.

3. Where was the man from who bought May Ying?
(a) Austrailia.
(b) England.
(c) Canada.
(d) America.

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

5. Why did Sam want May Ying to quit her job?
(a) So he could see her more often.
(b) So he didn't have to share her.
(c) So she couldn't make money to move out.
(d) So she would protect her hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who smoothed over the blunders made in Sam's business?

2. What was strange about Sam getting a taxi for May Ying?

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

4. Why was Sam able to save so much money?

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

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