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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. Who did Sam name May Ying's first child after?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His mother.
(c) His sister.
(d) His first wife.

2. What did Chinese people think of women's wages?
(a) They were for her children.
(b) They were shameful.
(c) They were for personal use.
(d) They were her husband's property.

3. Why did the women working with May Ying tend to wear heavy make up?
(a) To hide their bruises from their husband.
(b) To look older than they were.
(c) All of these.
(d) To make men notice them.

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

5. What name did Hing choose for herself?
(a) Winnie.
(b) Will He.
(c) Wendy.
(d) Wan Chu.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did May Ying often pay her gambling debts?

2. What did the owner of the Peking House refuse to do for Sam?

3. Why did Sam start sending more money to China when he returned to Canada?

4. Who did May Ying have an affair with?

5. Who told May Ying her third child would be a boy?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Guen give money to May Ying for?

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

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

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

5. Why did Hing become resentful of her mother?

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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