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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 made May Ying say that Hing should die?
(a) She failed a class.
(b) She told a lie.
(c) She befriended a white girl.
(d) She was late for curfew.

2. How did Yuen hope to get his daughter out of China?
(a) Getting her married to a man outside of China.
(b) Paying a ransom.
(c) Forging a birth certificate.
(d) Hiding her in a shipping crate.

3. What kept Hing motivated at her vocational school?
(a) Her encouragement from her father.
(b) Her goals for the future.
(c) Her friendship with Doreen.
(d) Her desire to please her mother.

4. How did Hing feel about living with Guen?
(a) She was angry.
(b) She was offended.
(c) She was nervous.
(d) She was happy.

5. Why did Denise say she wasn't really Chinese?
(a) She was born in Canada.
(b) She didn't know the language.
(c) Her father was American.
(d) Her sisters were dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Doreen drop out of school?

2. Where did Denise move after her father's death?

3. Why did Huangbo's letters change after the war?

4. What did Sam think his letter from China was?

5. Who found Ping for Hing?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Hing recognize Yuen without ever meeting him before?

2. What did the Communists force Yuen to do?

3. What were the biggest stumbling blocks for the relationship between Hing and John?

4. What changed in Huangbo's letters after the war, and why?

5. How did Nan die?

6. What caused Doreen to drop out of school?

7. How did Hing learn about her mother's death?

8. How did Hing try to stop May Ying from drinking when she lived in her house?

9. What did Hing get sued for?

10. What made John almost cancel his engagement to Hing?

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