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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leon demands that ____________ and Ona break up, though she continues to see him behind his back.
(a) Mason
(b) Dale
(c) Zeke
(d) Osvaldo

2. Ona makes ___________ real in their lives and talking helps them deal with this.
(a) Pain
(b) Bad luck
(c) Sadness
(d) Death

3. Leon wants to talk about _________ and about how much he loves her after the suicide.
(a) Leila
(b) Mah
(c) Nina
(d) Ona

4. What does Leon do after his big meal as things have been let go while he was at sea?
(a) Prays
(b) Paints the outside of the house
(c) Plays the piano
(d) Fixes things

5. Where did Mah and Leon get married, with Leila as the witness to the ceremony?
(a) Reno
(b) Las Vegas
(c) The courthouse
(d) Vallejo

6. Where does Leila go in order to watch kites, sailboats, and Alcatraz?
(a) Marina
(b) Mission
(c) Embarcadero
(d) Pacific Grove

7. Mah believes that _______________ have changed her body and suggests she and Leon go into business together.
(a) Rice bowls
(b) Sweatshops
(c) Back injuries
(d) Home births

8. What has Mah brought for Leon as a present after her trip to Hong Kong?
(a) Diver's watch
(b) Coins
(c) Radio
(d) Book

9. Leon has told Leila how he is ___________ away his life and losing his dream.
(a) Traveling
(b) Rocking
(c) Wasting
(d) Sweating

10. Born and raised in Chinatown, ___________ is sometimes proud of this heritage and sometimes not.
(a) Leon
(b) Mason
(c) Mah
(d) Leila

11. Leon begins to drop by Mah's home more often to ____________.
(a) Read to her
(b) Fix things
(c) Bring her food
(d) Drink tea

12. What has Leon taken apart in order to fix it and to give it back to Mah as a present?
(a) Car
(b) Radio
(c) Piano
(d) Singer sewing machine

13. What had Ona done when Leila had to translate a conversation between a Woolworth's manager and Leon?
(a) Applied for a job
(b) Been caught shoplifting
(c) Spilled a bottle of nailpolish
(d) Broken a window

14. The sewing women do not __________ while they are making the new design as they are competing with one another.
(a) Sing
(b) Talk
(c) Get up from their chairs
(d) Play music

15. Leon wants to blame someone for the suicide of Ona, so he blames _______________.
(a) Himself
(b) Mason
(c) America
(d) Mah

Short Answer Questions

1. When Nina takes the urn to ____________, Mah gets upset and hides it from sight.

2. What does Mason pull out when Leila is finally back with him after dropping off Mah?

3. Nina complains that ____________ is not doing her share of the work at the laundry business.

4. Leila cannot keep up with Mah as Mah knows ____________ as a doctor knows bones.

5. Leila remembers thanking the ______________ for offering her some time off.

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