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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did John say was the key to helping Hing through her sadness?
(a) Distractions.
(b) Patience.
(c) Money.
(d) Frequent visits.

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

3. Where did Hing live after John's death?
(a) Vancouver.
(b) Siam.
(c) Prince George.
(d) Hong Kong.

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

5. What impressed Denise about Yuen?
(a) His deformity.
(b) His alert eyes.
(c) His heighth.
(d) His booming voice.

6. Where did Nan die?
(a) In her bed.
(b) In the school.
(c) In the field.
(d) In the hospital.

7. Who wanted to buy Hing a coat when her mother was in Winnipeg?
(a) Her baorder.
(b) Her father.
(c) Her boyfriend.
(d) Her mother.

8. Where did Hing meet with Ping?
(a) Huangbo's grave.
(b) An airport.
(c) The Hong Kong Market place.
(d) Chang Bar Gin.

9. How did May Ying die?
(a) She was in a car accident.
(b) She had the flu.
(c) She had an allergic reaction.
(d) She got an infected cut.

10. What changed in Huangbo's letters after the war?
(a) They asked for more money all the time.
(b) They were depressed.
(c) They were short.
(d) They were full of Communist rhetoric.

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

12. How did Ping recognize Hing when they met?
(a) She saw her coat.
(b) She heard her voice.
(c) She looked in her eyes.
(d) She had seen pictures.

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

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

15. Why did Huangbo's letters change after the war?
(a) She was too busy.
(b) She wanted Sam to come home.
(c) She was heavily taxed.
(d) She didn't want to get in trouble.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Denise say was the purpose for traveling in China with her mother?

2. Who did Hing say raised her?

3. Where did hing meet Doreen?

4. How did Hing respond to the lawsuit filed against her?

5. What did Hing want to be when she grew up?

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