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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was a constant problem while May Ying lived with Guen?
(a) Splintered floors.
(b) Cock roaches.
(c) All of these.
(d) Drafty windows.

2. What pleased Sam about Hing?
(a) Her good grades.
(b) Her hatred of her mother.
(c) Her beauty.
(d) Her obedience.

3. What kind of tournament was May Ying involved in?
(a) Running.
(b) Fortune telling.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Gambling.

4. How much did May Ying win at her tournament?
(a) $2,000.
(b) $200.
(c) $1,000.
(d) $100.

5. How did Hing learn that her mother was arrested?
(a) She got a phone call.
(b) Guen told her.
(c) She read it in the newspaper.
(d) She saw her being carried away.

6. Why did Hing not want to go to China?
(a) She was afraid she couldn't return.
(b) She didn't want memories coming back.
(c) She didn't have the money.
(d) She wanted to forget her roots.

7. What did Gok Leng do for a living?
(a) He was a teacher.
(b) He became a nurse.
(c) He was a translator.
(d) He ran a gambling hall.

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

9. Where did hing meet Doreen?
(a) The library.
(b) A tea house.
(c) School.
(d) The market.

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

11. How did May Ying start living with Guen?
(a) He offered to buy Hing.
(b) He moved into the same building.
(c) She was evicted.
(d) She claimed to be pregnant.

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

13. Where did Huangbo go for food during the war?
(a) The warehouses.
(b) The Army.
(c) The farms.
(d) The market.

14. How did Ping take Yuen to work during the war?
(a) She kept him in a dark room.
(b) She gave him books and a small chair.
(c) She tied him to a leash.
(d) She strapped him to his back.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did May Ying die?

2. Why did Denise move after her father's death?

3. Why did Hing spend lots of time at the library?

4. How did Hing feel about living with Guen?

5. What caused Gok Leng to get his life together?

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