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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. How did Sam feel about May Ying's first child?
(a) He hated her.
(b) He loved her.
(c) He was afraid of her.
(d) He was ambivalent about her.

2. Who told May Ying her third child would be a boy?
(a) A dream.
(b) Sam.
(c) A doctor.
(d) A fortune teller.

3. What did Sam name his son?
(a) Yon.
(b) Ying.
(c) Yuen.
(d) Yien.

4. How old was May Ying at the beginning of the book?
(a) 15.
(b) 18.
(c) 16.
(d) 17.

5. Who helped May Ying treat her aches?
(a) Ping.
(b) Huangbo.
(c) Sam.
(d) Hing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did May Ying want her son to be born in Canada?

2. How did May Ying feel when she may Huangbo cry?

3. What game did Sam start a business around?

4. Who smoothed over the blunders made in Sam's business?

5. What surprised May Ying about her third child?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What did families in Canada all have that May Ying liked?

5. What did Granny Yi do for May Ying?

6. What were Guen's stipulations for giving money to May Ying?

7. What caused years of no available work for Sam?

8. What did Sam plan to do for Hing when she turned 5, and why?

9. What happened to Hing when May Ying had some friends visiting?

10. What did Guen do for a living?

(see the answer keys)

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