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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leon fumes about being criticized for his bad ____________ when he is talking with Leila and the interviewer.
(a) History
(b) Luck
(c) English
(d) Recordkeeping

2. Leila is bothered when she hears from _____________ that Leon fell asleep during a chess game.
(a) Mah
(b) Nina
(c) A teacher's aide
(d) Mason

3. What is NOT a part of Leon's story of how he came to America 50 years before?
(a) He memorized someone else's history
(b) He married Mah
(c) He bought his surname
(d) He was granted entry to the US

4. What is the name of the person who Leila seems to remember is a backstabbing liar so she does not talk to her immediately?
(a) Christine
(b) Seri
(c) Ann
(d) Juliet

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Chinese word of the number of the building floor from which Ona jumped sound like?

2. What is the celebration which is taking place all too soon after the death of Ona?

3. What is the housing project which is next to the school where Leila works?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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