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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 caused May Ying and Huangbo to be friends?
(a) They both got pregnant.
(b) Sam talked about getting another concubine.
(c) They got sick.
(d) Sam lost his job.

2. How did May Ying treat her aches?
(a) Distractions.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Narcotics.
(d) Herbal remedies.

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

4. Where did May Ying take Hing quite often when she was alone in Canada?
(a) A tea house.
(b) The opera.
(c) The market.
(d) Work.

5. What was May Ying sold as?
(a) A laborer.
(b) A maid.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A concubine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the Blue Funnel?

2. How did Hing stay in contact with her sisters?

3. Where did Sam move May Ying when he returned to Canada?

4. Why did Sam leave China after his son was born?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Hing write letters to Huangbo?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. How did Hing feel about Guen, and why?

(see the answer keys)

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