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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 was demanded of Hing in the lawsuit against her?

2. What did Hing want to be when she grew up?

3. What did Sam think his letter from China was?

4. What did Ping ride as she left her home after her marriage?

5. How did Hing feel about living with Guen?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Hing drop out of school?

2. What caused Doreen to drop out of school?

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

4. How did Denise find Hing's family?

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

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

7. What was Huangbo chastised for by the Communists?

8. How did Nan die?

9. What did Ping do when she learned her husband had a mistress?

10. How did Sam die?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What was the significance of the title of this book?

Essay Topic 3

Courage and fear were two attributes that were seen a number of times in this book. Where did they appear, and how did the presence of these feelings change the people who were involved in those situations?

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