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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who first saw what was wrong with Huangbo's son?
(a) The doctor.
(b) Sam.
(c) Huangbo.
(d) The midwife.

4. Why did Sam start sending more money to China when he returned to Canada?
(a) May Ying got a raise.
(b) War was spreading.
(c) He felt guilty.
(d) Huangbo was pregnant.

5. Who did Sam send money to?
(a) His nephews.
(b) His brother.
(c) All of these.
(d) His wife.

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

7. How did May Ying treat her aches?
(a) Herbal remedies.
(b) Narcotics.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Distractions.

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

9. What kind of mother was May Ying to Hing?
(a) Loose.
(b) Strict.
(c) Loving.
(d) Kind.

10. What did May Ying enjoy about her husband being gone?
(a) All of these.
(b) The freedom.
(c) The space.
(d) The money.

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

12. Why did May Ying always send money to her husband when he asked for it?
(a) So he would stay in China.
(b) So she would mean more to him than Huangbo.
(c) So she could be with him sooner.
(d) So she could support him.

13. How did many people describe Hing when May Ying would take her out?
(a) Lovely.
(b) Strange looking.
(c) Upsetting.
(d) Well behaved.

14. How did Hing console herself for her broken home?
(a) She wrote in her journal.
(b) She worked hard at school.
(c) She called her sisters.
(d) She sang songs.

15. What caused Sam to occasionally stop working in China after he left Hing?
(a) He got sick.
(b) He got injured.
(c) He got tired of working so hard.
(d) He ran out of money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What part of town did Sam live in?

3. What grade did Hing repeat?

4. What did Sam want others in China to think of him after leaving Hing?

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

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