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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sam encourage Yuen to do when he was seven?
(a) Find husbands for his sister.
(b) Care for his mother.
(c) Get an education.
(d) Plant a garden.

2. What did Gok Lek do to become a ward of something?
(a) He broke the law.
(b) He requested his documentation.
(c) He ran away.
(d) He testified against his mother.

3. What did Guen teach Hing to wash?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Her dress.
(c) Her shoes.
(d) Her socks.

4. How did Yuen feel when Ping got married?
(a) Relieved.
(b) Fortunate.
(c) Confused.
(d) Heart broken.

5. What did Denise say was the purpose for traveling in China with her mother?
(a) To arrange for an adoption.
(b) To get documents.
(c) To fulfill a will and testament.
(d) To find her relatives.

6. What was the name of Hing's 5th child?
(a) Wayne.
(b) Wuen.
(c) Welch.
(d) Will.

7. Why did Hing spend lots of time at the library?
(a) She wanted to study.
(b) She was warm there.
(c) She had squalid housing.
(d) She took a job there.

8. What did May Ying do to pay for Yuen's house?
(a) Worked as a waitress.
(b) Invested money.
(c) Borrowed money.
(d) Gambled.

9. Why were May Ying's visits with her grand kids cut short?
(a) She was sick.
(b) She was depressed.
(c) She was busy.
(d) She was drinking.

10. What kept Hing motivated at her vocational school?
(a) Her friendship with Doreen.
(b) Her goals for the future.
(c) Her desire to please her mother.
(d) Her encouragement from her father.

11. Where did Ping work during the war?
(a) The airport.
(b) The tea houses.
(c) The docks.
(d) The fields.

12. What caused Hing to call her mother in Winnipeg?
(a) She had a dream.
(b) She graduated.
(c) She got the coat.
(d) She felt used.

13. How many sisters did Hing have?
(a) 1.
(b) 4.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

14. Why did Huangbo end the schooling for Ping?
(a) Sam told her to.
(b) She got too old.
(c) Money from Canada stopped coming.
(d) The teachers were fired.

15. What did Sam die of?
(a) Syphillus.
(b) Consumption.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Typhoid.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was demanded of Hing in the lawsuit against her?

2. How did Hing feel when she was given a coat?

3. What made May Ying say that Hing should die?

4. What did Denise want to tell Ping about May Ying?

5. How did Yuen hope to get his daughter out of China?

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