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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. Why were May Ying's visits with her grand kids cut short?

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

3. Why did Huangbo end the schooling for Ping?

4. What did Denise want to tell Ping about May Ying?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How did Denise find Hing's family?

6. What was Huangbo chastised for by the Communists?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

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

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