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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 Hing console herself for her broken home?
(a) She called her sisters.
(b) She worked hard at school.
(c) She wrote in her journal.
(d) She sang songs.

2. What did Sam work on when he got to China after leaving Hing?
(a) Finding a concubine.
(b) Making a son.
(c) Investing his money.
(d) Building his house.

3. Why did Sam's business fail?
(a) The food was not as good.
(b) Other houses opened up for less.
(c) May Ying was not as beautiful.
(d) People refused to play while Sam was around.

4. What was Mon Keong?
(a) A store.
(b) A school.
(c) A ship.
(d) A hotel.

5. Why did Sam get a stock pile of medicines in China?
(a) It made him look rich.
(b) He knew he was sick.
(c) He was worried about his family.
(d) They were unavailable in Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did May Ying feel about debt?

2. How did Sam feel about May Ying's first child?

3. How did Huangbo act when her husband returned to China after leaving Hing?

4. How did Sam introduce the owner of the Peking House to May Ying?

5. How did many people describe Hing when May Ying would take her out?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was May Ying able to pay for Sam's return trip to Canada?

2. Why did Hing stop seeing her father when he moved back to China?

3. What did Guen do for a living?

4. Where did Sam find May Ying when she failed to come home one night?

5. Why did Hing write letters to Huangbo?

6. What bad habit did May Ying fall into while living in Canada with Hing?

7. What led May Ying and Huang to stop bickering and become friends?

8. What did Sam do to try and keep in contact with Hing?

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

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

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