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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) Get an education.
(c) Care for his mother.
(d) Plant a garden.

2. What bad habit did May Ying have when she moved in with John and Hing?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Bringing men home.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Gambling.

3. Who did Hing say raised her?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Herself.
(c) Huangbo.
(d) Her father.

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

5. Why did Doreen drop out of school?
(a) She missed Hing.
(b) She got pregnant.
(c) She joined the Army.
(d) She failed a class.

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

7. How did most Chinese families view Nan during the war?
(a) Honorable.
(b) Attractive.
(c) Marriageable.
(d) All of these.

8. Why was May Ying evicted from her apartment?
(a) She was late with the rent.
(b) She had a bad cough.
(c) She had gentleman callers.
(d) She was unemployed.

9. What did Sam think his letter from China was?
(a) A bill.
(b) A forgery.
(c) A divorce statement.
(d) A notice of forfeit.

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

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

12. How did most Chinese people view Yuen's deformity?
(a) A sign of improper conceivement.
(b) A sign of bad luck.
(c) A sign of bad genes.
(d) A sign of past misdeeds.

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

14. What did Huangbo spend extra money on during the war?
(a) Yuen's feet.
(b) Fine clothing.
(c) Fertility drugs.
(d) Packages for Hing.

15. How far away was John transferred for work after Sam's death?
(a) 1,250 miles.
(b) 500 miles.
(c) 1,000 miles.
(d) 750 miles.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Yuen feel when Ping got married?

2. Where did Hing meet with Ping?

3. What pleased Sam about Hing?

4. How did Hing feel about living with Guen?

5. Why did May Ying move to Winnepeg?

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