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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 was strange about Sam getting a taxi for May Ying?

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

3. What was the name of Hing's sister?

4. What caused Sam to occasionally stop working in China after he left Hing?

5. How did May Ying feel about debt?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did Hing write letters to Huangbo?

3. What caused years of no available work for Sam?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How did Hing feel about Guen, and why?

10. What service did Hing hate doing for her mother in town?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Maturity and aging was a strong theme in this book. Where did this theme appear, and how significant was it to the plot?

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

How was the theme of diversity shown in this book, and which people were most affected by this?

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