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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Where was John transferred to for work?
(a) Winnipeg.
(b) Calcutta.
(c) Vancouver.
(d) Prince John.

4. Where did Nan first learn she was sick?
(a) In the hospital.
(b) In her bed.
(c) In the school.
(d) In the field.

5. What caused many Chinese people to lose their land?
(a) The immigration problems.
(b) The land reformations.
(c) The Japanese takeover.
(d) The deaths of the heads of households.

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

7. Where in China did Denise meet her mother when they traveled?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Siam.
(c) Peking.
(d) Totion.

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

9. What did Gok Lek become a ward of?
(a) A mental hospital.
(b) Child services.
(c) Chinese immigration.
(d) The police.

10. Who filed a lawsuit against Hing?
(a) Her landlord.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her parents.

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

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

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

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

15. What did Ping ride as she left her home after her marriage?
(a) A bike.
(b) A wagon.
(c) A donkey.
(d) A horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened in China when the war broke out?

2. Who was with May Ying while she did not communicate with Hing?

3. Why did Ping marry someone below her status?

4. Who did Hing live with when her mother went to Winnipeg?

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

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