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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 far away was John transferred for work after Sam's death?
(a) 1,000 miles.
(b) 750 miles.
(c) 500 miles.
(d) 1,250 miles.

2. What did Gok Leng do for a living?
(a) He became a nurse.
(b) He ran a gambling hall.
(c) He was a translator.
(d) He was a teacher.

3. Why did Huangbo end the schooling for Ping?
(a) She got too old.
(b) The teachers were fired.
(c) Money from Canada stopped coming.
(d) Sam told her to.

4. Why did May Ying move to Winnepeg?
(a) Hing's school was there.
(b) Guen lived there.
(c) Her job was there.
(d) Housing was cheaper there.

5. Why were May Ying's visits with her grand kids cut short?
(a) She was depressed.
(b) She was drinking.
(c) She was sick.
(d) She was busy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Nan first learn she was sick?

2. Where did Huangbo go for food during the war?

3. Who found Ping for Hing?

4. How long did May Ying and Hing go without communicating with each other?

5. Why did May Ying say she continued to gamble?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Hing not want to travel through China with Denise?

3. What was Huangbo chastised for by the Communists?

4. What did Sam sell of his daughter's, and what did this mean for them?

5. How did Hing's husband make a living?

6. Why did Hing drop out of school?

7. What did Hing do when she was sued?

8. What did Sam do for Hing whenever he made a trip to Chinatown?

9. How did Nan die?

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

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