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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the housing project which is next to the school where Leila works?
(a) You Thin Toy
(b) Nam Ping Yuen
(c) Charles Darney
(d) Edith Eaton

2. What does Leila reveal to Leon about Nina's life, though she makes him promise not to tell Mah?
(a) Nina is pregnant
(b) Nina has a boyfriend
(c) Nina is coming home
(d) Nina is moving to China

3. What kind of medication was Ona taking at the time of her death, according to the book?
(a) Downers
(b) Nothing
(c) Uppers
(d) Chinese herbs for pain

4. Where is Leila instructed to go after she helps an old man in the lobby of Leon's hotel?
(a) Square
(b) Wharf
(c) Goodwill
(d) Social Security office

5. In what city do Leila and her parents live during the course of this novel?
(a) Chicago
(b) San Francisco
(c) Hong Kong
(d) New York

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mah eat alone in the kitchen as she does not want to let anything go to waste?

2. What job does Nina quit as it makes her feel like Leon and she does not want to feel that way?

3. Leon and Mah tell Leila that education is the ____________ job in China, though Leila wants to remind them they are not in China anymore.

4. Which of the daughters is a biological daughter of Lyman and Mah?

5. For how many years have Leila and her new husband been together before they married?

(see the answer key)

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