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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 Gok Leng to get his life together?

2. Who did Hing live with when her mother went to Winnipeg?

3. How did Hing respond to the lawsuit filed against her?

4. How did May Ying die?

5. Who did Hing say raised her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What caused Doreen to drop out of school?

2. What did Hing get sued for?

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

4. What was Huangbo chastised for by the Communists?

5. What turned Gok Leng's life around from his trouble causing?

6. What changed in Huangbo's letters after the war, and why?

7. What did Hing do when she was sued?

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

9. What did Sam do for Hing whenever he made a trip to Chinatown?

10. How did Sam die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hing endures many different trials before the end of the book. What are some of these trials and what lessons does she learn through these experiences?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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