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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 did Sam die of?

2. How did Ping take Yuen to work during the war?

3. What did Gok Lek become a ward of?

4. How did Yuen hope to get his daughter out of China?

5. What changed in Huangbo's letters after the war?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Hing drop out of school?

4. What made John almost cancel his engagement to Hing?

5. How did Denise find Hing's family?

6. How did Hing try to stop May Ying from drinking when she lived in her house?

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

8. What did Hing do when she was sued?

9. What did Yuen say was the most important thing to him in his life?

10. What was the gift Ping gave to Hing, and what did it signify?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

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

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