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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How long did May Ying have to work to re-pay what was spent on her passage?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 2 years.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 1 year.

4. How did Sam introduce the owner of the Peking House to May Ying?
(a) His family.
(b) A cruel man.
(c) Her new boss.
(d) His salvation.

5. What did May Ying do when Sam discovered her affair?
(a) Paid a penance.
(b) Moved to Chinatown.
(c) Got a divorce.
(d) Agreed to move back to China.

6. Who told May Ying her third child would be a boy?
(a) A dream.
(b) A doctor.
(c) Sam.
(d) A fortune teller.

7. What honored place did Huangbo hold for Hing?
(a) God-mother.
(b) Mother.
(c) Aunt.
(d) Matron.

8. What changed Hing's opinion of her mother
(a) Her teacher's statements about her.
(b) Her phone calls.
(c) Her letters.
(d) Huangbo's word's about her.

9. How long was May Ying without Sam in Canada?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 4 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 3 years.

10. What did Sam work on when he got to China after leaving Hing?
(a) Making a son.
(b) Investing his money.
(c) Finding a concubine.
(d) Building his house.

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

12. Why did Sam get a stock pile of medicines in China?
(a) He knew he was sick.
(b) He was worried about his family.
(c) They were unavailable in Canada.
(d) It made him look rich.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How was Hing related to Yuen?

2. Why did Huangbo think her son was deformed?

3. What did Hing notice about the gift from her sister at the beginning of the book?

4. What surprised May Ying about her third child?

5. What did Chinese people think of women's wages?

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