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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mah want to keep open, though Leila refuses to help, so Mah is forced to ask Luday?
(a) Her apartment
(b) Her communication with Leon
(c) Her marriage
(d) Baby Store

2. Leila is removing _____________ when Leon arrives home from his trip on the seas.
(a) Crooked stitches
(b) Dirty dishes
(c) Her apron
(d) Stains from her dress

3. Leila remembers thanking the ______________ for offering her some time off.
(a) Teacher's aide
(b) School board
(c) Principal
(d) Police

4. When the recess bell rings and Leila can have a few moments to herself, where does she go?
(a) Teacher's lounge
(b) Closet
(c) Bathroom
(d) Outside

5. Leon's speaking ___________ makes Leila nervous as he paces back and forth.
(a) English
(b) And crying
(c) In garbled tones
(d) And drunkenness

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leila decide to do when Mason goes off to work after they party?

2. What brings Leon home tanned, relaxed, and bearing gifts for the family?

3. Nina calls the parenting style of Leon and Mah to be parenting _______________.

4. Leila and Mason are too wasted to go ______________ on Sunday, so they sleep late and head down to brunch on the coast.

5. Where does Leila find Leon in order to tell him to meet Mason at 4:00 pm?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the Confucian virtues, according to the start of this chapter?

2. Why don't the sewing women play music when they are working in the sweatshop together?

3. Why did Leila have to translate between Leon and a Woolworth's manager when Ona was eight or nine?

4. What does Mah say about the affair she had and whether she wants to get back together with Leon?

5. What have the women done by the time the S.S. Independent docks at the shore?

6. Things have changed after the affair. What are Leon and Mah like after the affair with Tommie Hom?

7. Leila wonders why Mason does not introduce her to his family. What is the reason?

8. Why do the women at the factory work night and day, pushing themselves to sew?

9. Ona decides to jump from the 13th floor of the building, which confuses Leila. What is the meaning of the number 13?

10. What has Leila prepared for the afternoon art class in the classroom where she is teaching?

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