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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were concubines traditionally expected to do in the household?
(a) The house work.
(b) The cooking.
(c) The gardening.
(d) The cleaning.

2. What grade did Hing repeat?
(a) 3rd.
(b) 1st.
(c) 4th.
(d) 2nd.

3. How was Hing's house in the past?
(a) Elaborate.
(b) Ornate.
(c) Run down.
(d) Plain.

4. How did May Ying feel about debt?
(a) She was comfortable with it.
(b) She thought is was dishonorable.
(c) She loved it.
(d) She got nervous about it.

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

6. Why was Sam able to save so much money?
(a) He got a big inheritance.
(b) He forgot how much he had.
(c) He was a smart investor.
(d) He rarely splurged on luxuries.

7. How did May Ying view Nan?
(a) A key to her future.
(b) A worker.
(c) A failed attempt.
(d) A key to her past.

8. What was May Ying sold as?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A concubine.
(c) A maid.
(d) A laborer.

9. What disease was Sam trying to prepare for?
(a) Consumption.
(b) Diptheria.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Leprosy.

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

11. How did May Ying often pay her gambling debts?
(a) Other men paid them for her.
(b) She traded furniture and other items.
(c) She traded sexual favors.
(d) She would work it off.

12. How did May Ying hope to be taken care of in her old age?
(a) By having sons.
(b) By saving up her money.
(c) By moving to America.
(d) By staying loyal to her owner.

13. Why did Ping not think much of her mother?
(a) She was never around.
(b) She was selfish.
(c) She was a prostitute.
(d) She was not beautiful.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of memories did Hing have of her father while he was away?

3. Who helped Hing choose her new name?

4. What honored place did Huangbo hold for Hing?

5. Why did May Ying want her son to be born in Canada?

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