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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mah say she feels when Leila and Leon sit at the foot of Mah's bed?
(a) Anger
(b) Nervousness
(c) Confusion
(d) Despair

2. Seeing ____________ reminds Leon of every defeat he has ever suffered, so he yells at Ona every night.
(a) Osvaldo
(b) Leila
(c) Mah
(d) Ona

3. The man at the office tells Leila to __________________ to the headstone and that will make it to Leong.
(a) Leave gifts
(b) Pray
(c) Talk
(d) Bow

4. Leila cannot keep up with Mah as Mah knows ____________ as a doctor knows bones.
(a) Fabrics
(b) Measurements
(c) Seams
(d) Patterns

5. When the S.S. Independent docks, ____________ has cleaned the house, helped sew a dozen culottes, and heated lunch.
(a) Mah
(b) Nina
(c) Ona
(d) Leila

Short Answer Questions

1. After a few good years, Lyman is gone from Mah's life and she calls him ____________ about America.

2. What is the American restaurant the sisters go to in order to avoid Chinatown?

3. Mah makes no secret of the fact that she married Leon for _________________.

4. Who is the one who tends to throw punches when he is talked to in a less than respectful way?

5. In what city do Leila and her parents live during the course of this novel?

(see the answer key)

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