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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What disease was Sam trying to prepare for?

2. Why did Huangbo think her son was deformed?

3. What was the Blue Funnel?

4. How old was Shortie Lan when she met May Ying?

5. Why did May Ying refuse to do what concubines were expected to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Sam try to save face with May Ying's affair?

2. What kept Sam from returning home to China when he was out of work?

3. What did Guen do for a living?

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

5. What bad habit did May Ying fall into while living in Canada with Hing?

6. How was May Ying able to pay for Sam's return trip to Canada?

7. Why did Hing become resentful of her mother?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Security and safety were two themes covered throughout the course of this book. What are some of these instances, and how does this affect the people in these scenes?

Essay Topic 2

What was Yuen's greatest desire at the end of the book, what was he willing to sacrifice for it, and why?

Essay Topic 3

Death and mortality were two integral themes of this plot. What are some of the key examples of this theme, and how did the presence of this theme affect the main characters?

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