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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Leon doesn't care that others in Chinatown think his family is unlucky because they have three __________.
(a) Daughters
(b) Homes
(c) Sons
(d) Failed businesses

3. What does Leon threaten to do when Mah calls him useless after he puts only half the lights up at the store?
(a) Jump off the Golden Gate
(b) Leave her forever
(c) Take Ona's ashes away
(d) Jump off the Brooklyn Bridge

4. Leon takes __________ buses and shows up in Jorge's parking lot as a result.
(a) Two
(b) Four
(c) Five
(d) Three

5. Nina thinks Leila has gained ______________ by helping their parents, while Leila admires Nina for doing what she wants.
(a) Mental toughness
(b) Peace of mind
(c) Counseling experience
(d) Sainthood

6. Who is Leila's favorite of all of Leon's fleabag friends, so she seeks him out to find Leon?
(a) Nam Ping Yuen
(b) Terrence Bay
(c) You Thin Toy
(d) Mason Louie

7. What is the nickname that Zeke has gotten after hanging out at his uncle's 76 station?
(a) Lover
(b) Detail
(c) Romeo
(d) Crash

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

9. Nina rescues Lelia by offering to take Mah to ________________.
(a) Japan
(b) San Francisco
(c) New York
(d) Hong Kong

10. What has Mah stacked in a pagoda pattern on top of the television for Leon's arrival?
(a) Cookies
(b) Coins
(c) Ship figurines
(d) Oranges

11. Frank Jow and all of Chinatown know of the family's ________, which embarrasses Leila.
(a) Cousins
(b) Secrets
(c) Financial situation
(d) Troubles

12. Leila finds out that Leon will be able to keep his _________________ and work part time while collecting benefits.
(a) Shipping card
(b) Bike
(c) Hotel room
(d) Restaurant work

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

14. Where is Leon working to help out with the lunch rush, as she eventually discovers?
(a) Universal
(b) Lori's
(c) Uncle's
(d) Mary's

15. 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 has a boyfriend
(c) Nina is moving to China
(d) Nina is pregnant

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Leila instructed to go after she helps an old man in the lobby of Leon's hotel?

2. When buddies accept ______________ to illegal immigrants, Leon declines as he does not intend to stay.

3. Mason says that __________ is too much like Leon, keeping everything, remembering everything.

4. ___________ likes to drive fast, but he always drives safely, which puts Leila at ease during the trip down the peninsula.

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

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