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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. Where in China did Denise meet her mother when they traveled?

2. What was May Ying arrested for?

3. What did Gok Lek do to become a ward of something?

4. How did Hing curtail May Ying's bad habit when she moved in?

5. Who wanted to buy Hing a coat when her mother was in Winnipeg?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Nan die?

2. What did Hing get sued for?

3. What did Hing do when she was sued?

4. What was Huangbo chastised for by the Communists?

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

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

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

8. How did Hing's husband make a living?

9. What caused Doreen to drop out of school?

10. How did Sam die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the significance of the title of this book?

Essay Topic 2

How did the relationship between Hing and her father change throughout the course of the story, and how did these changes affect the people around them?

Essay Topic 3

How did Huangbo show her integrity, and what resulted because of her dependence on integrity?

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