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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 Hing to call her mother in Winnipeg?

2. What was May Ying arrested for?

3. Why did Denise move after her father's death?

4. What bad habit did May Ying have when she moved in with John and Hing?

5. What made May Ying say that Hing should die?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Hing learn about her mother's death?

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

3. What did May Ying say led to Gok Leng's troubled times?

4. How did Sam die?

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

6. What did Sam want Ping to do when she left her husband, and why did she not do it?

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

8. What did Hing get sued for?

9. What were the biggest stumbling blocks for the relationship between Hing and John?

10. How did Hing recognize Yuen without ever meeting him before?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What affect did gambling have on May Ying's life, and how did her family feel about this?

Essay Topic 2

Why did Sam move from China to Canada? Would you have done the same? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Why was education so important to Hing, and what affect did this importance have on her mothering?

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