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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did May Ying do when Sam discovered her affair?
(a) Moved to Chinatown.
(b) Agreed to move back to China.
(c) Paid a penance.
(d) Got a divorce.

2. How did May Ying feel when she first met Sam?
(a) Happy.
(b) Relieved.
(c) Excited.
(d) Nervous.

3. Who enrolled Hing in school?
(a) May Ying.
(b) Hing.
(c) Sam.
(d) Jang.

4. How did May Ying often pay her gambling debts?
(a) She traded sexual favors.
(b) Other men paid them for her.
(c) She traded furniture and other items.
(d) She would work it off.

5. Who sold May Ying?
(a) Her uncle.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her aunt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Sam get a stock pile of medicines in China?

2. Who paid for May Ying's passage?

3. What did May Ying enjoy about her husband being gone?

4. Who first saw what was wrong with Huangbo's son?

5. How did May Ying hope to be taken care of in her old age?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Hing write letters to Huangbo?

2. What did Hing do to get her mother's attention, and how was it received?

3. What did Guen do for a living?

4. How did Sam try to save face with May Ying's affair?

5. What service did Hing hate doing for her mother in town?

6. What kept Sam from returning home to China when he was out of work?

7. Why did Sam and May Ying live in Canada instead of America?

8. What did May Ying like about the children in Nanaimo?

9. Why did Hing become resentful of her mother?

10. What made May Ying so popular with the people in Canada?

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