Online Quiz on Ching Yeung Russell's Novels
(There may be more than one correct answer)
First Apple
1. Ah Pau is
1) Ying's father's mother 2) Ying's mother's mother 3) Ying's auntie
2. Ying's cousin is named
1) Ping 2) Kee 3) Ng Shing
3) Ying lives in
1) Canton 2) Tai Kong 3) Hong Kong
4) Ying wants to earn money by
1) babysitting 2) collecting and selling junk 3) working in the vegetable fields
5) What is the admission to Ying and her friends' Chinese opera show?
1) incense sticks 2) corn kernels 3) sweet potato 4) all of the above
6) With what does the lady hit Ying when she runs from the plantain field?
1) a bamboo pole 2) a switch 3) a belt
7) What does Dr. Tam give Ying?
1) a jade vase 2) an apple 3) a mango
8) What does Kee give Ah Pau for her birthday?
1) a black bandana 2) a stool 3) gold and jade earrings
Water Ghost
9) What does Ying do to make money for the camping trip?
1) weaves sau jau 2) weaves chicken fences 3) collects junk to sell to the junk man
10) Why does Cripple Yip drown?
1) she commits suicide 2) she falls in the pond while trying to retrieve a fish 3) she falls off the bridge into the pond
11) What does Ah Pau do with the sahng yu that Ying catches?
1) cooks it for them to eat 2) sells it in the market to make money for Ying's camping trip 3) puts it back in the pond
12) Why do Ying and her friends like to say Kung Hay Fat Choi on New Year?
1) to get lai see 2) to get gwa jee 3) to get sweets 4) all of the above
13) What is Ying accused of at school?
1) stealing a classmate's money 2) cheating on a test 3) pushing Cripple Yip into the pond
14) What do Ying and Ah Mei carry with them to Cripple Yip's grandmother's house?
1) one cent 2) weeping willow branches 3) a chicken
15) What does Ying buy at the market with all her hard-earned money?
1) a piece of carrot cake 2) a carved wooden doll 3) a dead hen
16) What does Cripple Yip's grandmother leave Ying?
1) an apple 2) a gold bangle 3) a jade vase
Lichee Tree
17) Why does Ying want to go to Canton?
1) to buy beads 2) to see kwailos 3) to see buses and trains 4) all of the above
18) Why does Ying think she had leprosy?
1) she was exposed to a person with the disease 2) she had eaten a cucumber she had found floating in the river 3) Ah Pau had told her not to eat after anyone
19) Who steals Ying's lichee tree?
1) Mr. Hon 2) Kee 3) Ghost Walk
20) Why do Kee's bok choi plants die?
1) Ying doesn't water them enough 2) Ying gives them undiluted fertilizer 3) Ying waters them too much
21) Why does Ying mark O's and X's on her lichee tree?
1) to count the days until harvest 2) to count the days until her leprosy shows up 3) to count the days until her trip to Canton
22) What does Ying use to swim in the pond?
1) a bench 2) water wings 3) a life preserver
23) What special treat do Kee and Ying enjoy?
1) hot, spicy mudsnails 2) fried rice 3) spring rolls
24) What does Ying get upset over when Uncle pays back a debt to Ghost Walk?
1) gold rings 2) jade bangles 3) Ah Pau's earrings
Child Bride
25) Who arranges a marriage for Ying?
1) Ah Pau 2) Ah Mah 3) her parents
26) How does Ying get to Lam Cheun?
1) sampan 2) sedan chair 3) ox cart
27) Why does Ah Mah hobble when she walks?
1) her legs are bad 2) she has bound feet 3) her shoes don't fit well
28) What does Ying like at Mr. Lo's house?
1) his garden 2) the fancy furniture 3) the good food
29) Who is Ah Ping?
1) Ying's schoolmate 2) Ying's cousin 3) Ying's maid
30) What does Ying collect in the rice paddy ditches?
1) snails 2) crayfish 3) fiddler crabs
31) Why does Ying think the wild child looks funny?
1) his eyes are light brown 2) his eyelashes are curly 3) he wears strange clothes
32) What does Auntie Three do with the stolen bride price?
1) pays off gambling debts 2) buys new clothes 3) buys a new sedan chair
