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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was wrong with Huangbo's son?
(a) He had a cleft palate.
(b) His fingers were webbed.
(c) His arm was bent.
(d) His feet were bent.

2. Who made Hing stay in contact with her sisters?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her father.
(d) Her aunt.

3. How long was May Ying in Canada before her third child was born?
(a) 2 weeks.
(b) 1 day.
(c) 3 days.
(d) 3 weeks.

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

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

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

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

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

9. What did Sam name his son?
(a) Yien.
(b) Ying.
(c) Yuen.
(d) Yon.

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

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

12. How did May Ying feel when she first met Sam?
(a) Happy.
(b) Excited.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Relieved.

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

14. What changed Hing's opinion of her father?
(a) Her mother's words about him.
(b) His letters.
(c) His phone calls.
(d) Her teacher's statements about him.

15. What did Hing notice about the gift from her sister at the beginning of the book?
(a) It was old.
(b) It was stolen.
(c) She needed it.
(d) She recognized it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Sam name May Ying's first child after?

2. How did May Ying often pay her gambling debts?

3. Why did Huangbo think her son was deformed?

4. What caused May Ying and Huangbo to be friends?

5. Where did Sam move May Ying when he returned to Canada?

(see the answer keys)

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