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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. Who told May Ying her third child would be a boy?

2. What was the Blue Funnel?

3. Why did Sam's business fail?

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

5. Who traveled with May Ying when she was sold to a man?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Granny Yi do for May Ying?

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

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

4. What did Guen do for a living?

5. Why did May Ying tell Sam to return to China?

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

7. What did Hing imagine for herself when she was sad about her home life?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the book. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the people touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the book, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 2

Each of the Chong siblings had very different characteristics and personalities. What are the defining features of each of the siblings, and how did their individuality affect the course of the plot?

Essay Topic 3

What are some of the ways Hing and John showed their love to each other, and how did these displays affect Denise's ideas about life?

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