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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. Why did Huangbo's letters change after the war?
(a) She didn't want to get in trouble.
(b) She was too busy.
(c) She wanted Sam to come home.
(d) She was heavily taxed.

2. How did Yuen feel when Ping got married?
(a) Fortunate.
(b) Confused.
(c) Relieved.
(d) Heart broken.

3. Who did Hing live with when her mother went to Winnipeg?
(a) Her teacher.
(b) Nobody.
(c) Sam.
(d) Boarders.

4. What caused Hing to call her mother in Winnipeg?
(a) She graduated.
(b) She got the coat.
(c) She had a dream.
(d) She felt used.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Hing put in charge of when her mother returned from Winnipeg?

2. What did Ping ride as she left her home after her marriage?

3. Where did Ping work during the war?

4. Who was with May Ying while she did not communicate with Hing?

5. Why did Hing spend lots of time at the library?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the gift Ping gave to Hing, and what did it signify?

2. What did May Ying say led to Gok Leng's troubled times?

3. What did Ping do when she learned her husband had a mistress?

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

5. What did Sam want Ping to do when she left her husband, and why did she not do it?

6. What did Yuen say was the most important thing to him in his life?

7. How did Nan die?

8. How did Sam die?

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

10. What caused Doreen to drop out of school?

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