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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 was Hing related to Yuen?
(a) She was his aunt.
(b) They were cousins.
(c) He was her uncle.
(d) He was her half-brother.

2. Why did May Ying always send money to her husband when he asked for it?
(a) So he would stay in China.
(b) So she would mean more to him than Huangbo.
(c) So she could be with him sooner.
(d) So she could support him.

3. Why was May Ying so popular at her job?
(a) She was good at her job.
(b) She was one of the few women in town.
(c) She was pretty.
(d) All of these.

4. How old was May Ying when she was sold for the first time?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 4.

5. Where did Sam move May Ying when he returned to Canada?
(a) A house.
(b) An apartment.
(c) A cottage.
(d) A hotel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease was Sam trying to prepare for?

2. What did Chinese people think of women's wages?

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

4. Why did May Ying think Sam was an important man when they first met?

5. What did Ping say about Huangbo?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Guen do for a living?

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

3. What did Hing imagine for herself when she was sad about her home life?

4. What did Sam chastise May Ying for when he found her after she had not come home one night?

5. What made May Ying feel relieved when Huangbo had a son?

6. What made May Ying feel jealous when Huangbo had a son?

7. What happened to Sam's first wife, and why did he re-marry so quickly?

8. What did Granny Yi do for May Ying?

9. Why did May Ying tell Sam to return to China?

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

(see the answer keys)

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