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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the one fact of Leon's life that he cannot document with any certainty because of so many aliases?
(a) Address
(b) Place of birth
(c) Name
(d) Birth date

2. Leon claims the family's bad luck started when he broke his promise to return Grandpa Leong's _____ to China.
(a) Bones
(b) Body
(c) Papers
(d) Ashes

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

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

5. What job does Nina quit as it makes her feel like Leon and she does not want to feel that way?
(a) Telemarketer
(b) Fisherwoman
(c) Navy captain
(d) Flight attendant

6. Someone thinks that Leong's body may have been _________________ in order to make room for others.
(a) Hidden
(b) Moved
(c) Cremated
(d) Burned

7. Leila does not want the big ___________ that Mah insists on having to meet her obligations to relatives.
(a) Honeymoon
(b) New Year
(c) Wedding banquet
(d) Ceremony

8. Lynette Yee is upset with Leila over all the time she is spending ________________.
(a) With the Yee family
(b) In her office
(c) With Mason's family
(d) Off from work

9. When buddies accept ______________ to illegal immigrants, Leon declines as he does not intend to stay.
(a) Punishment
(b) Amnesty
(c) Jobs
(d) Relocation

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

11. What does Mah eat alone in the kitchen as she does not want to let anything go to waste?
(a) Grizzle
(b) Paper wrappings
(c) Bony parts
(d) Chicken skin

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

13. Leon keeps everything because he believes that _____________ is sacred and can only be thrown away in a sacred way.
(a) Information
(b) History
(c) Writing
(d) Deception

14. What is the color of the car that Zeke is driving when he pulls up to meet Mason and Leila?
(a) White
(b) Green
(c) Red
(d) Black

15. Mah insists that Leila also bring a jar to ___________, which Leila does not want to do as she does not want to be in the middle.
(a) Dale
(b) Nina
(c) Zeke
(d) Leon

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mason help out by installing the rest of the fluorescent lights that Leon did not complete?

2. Zeke makes a rule about not taking __________ from friends.

3. What is NOT a part of Leon's story of how he came to America 50 years before?

4. Leila finds in the papers an affidavit of _______________ for Mah and Fu.

5. Who rescues Leila after a tense phone call with Mah about Nina and about Leila's decision to live with Mason?

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