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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 did Ping take Yuen to work during the war?
(a) She tied him to a leash.
(b) She strapped him to his back.
(c) She kept him in a dark room.
(d) She gave him books and a small chair.

2. How did Hing curtail May Ying's bad habit when she moved in?
(a) She gave her a small bedroom.
(b) She stayed with her all the time.
(c) She gave her a budget.
(d) She made her watch the kids.

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

4. What was the name of Hing's 5th child?
(a) Wayne.
(b) Will.
(c) Welch.
(d) Wuen.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Hing feel about living with Guen?

2. How did May Ying learn that Nan died?

3. Where did Hing live after John's death?

4. What did John say was the key to helping Hing through her sadness?

5. Who did Hing say raised her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Denise want her mother to travel through China with her?

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

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

5. How was Hing able to purchase a house?

6. How did Nan die?

7. How did Sam die?

8. What did the Communists force Yuen to do?

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

10. What did May Ying say in her letter to Hing after the 4 years of silence?

(see the answer keys)

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