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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5 through 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of medicine did Sam get large a stockpile of?
(a) Quinine.
(b) Aspirin.
(c) Ibuprofen.
(d) Opium.

2. Who helped May Ying treat her aches?
(a) Huangbo.
(b) Ping.
(c) Sam.
(d) Hing.

3. What caused May Ying and Huangbo to be friends?
(a) Sam talked about getting another concubine.
(b) Sam lost his job.
(c) They both got pregnant.
(d) They got sick.

4. What did Ping say about Huangbo?
(a) She was weak.
(b) She was the better of her father's wives.
(c) She was simple minded.
(d) She was honorable but quiet.

5. How did May Ying feel when Huangbo had a son?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Jealous.
(c) Alone.
(d) Excited.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who sold May Ying?

3. How did Hing console herself for her broken home?

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

5. What surprised May Ying about her third child?

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