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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 caused May Ying and Huangbo to be friends?

2. What did May Ying's friends in Canada help her do while she was alone?

3. Where did Sam move May Ying when he returned to Canada?

4. How did May Ying travel to meet the man who bought her?

5. What were concubines traditionally expected to do in the household?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Sam and May Ying live in Canada instead of America?

2. What led May Ying and Huang to stop bickering and become friends?

3. What made May Ying feel relieved when Huangbo had a son?

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

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

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

7. What made May Ying so popular with the people in Canada?

8. What did Sam chastise May Ying for when he found her after she had not come home one night?

9. What happened to Sam's first wife, and why did he re-marry so quickly?

10. Why did Hing become resentful of her mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Anger was a vice that reared its ugly head a number of times in this book. What are some examples of this, and how was the plot altered because of these incidents?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Who was the more honorable woman between Huangbo and May Ying, and why?

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