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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 is coming home
(c) Nina is moving to China
(d) Nina has a boyfriend

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

3. What is the surname that Leila is happy to have shed, as it sounds like 'bitter' in her dialect?
(a) Fu
(b) Yee
(c) Chun
(d) Chung

4. When Ona, too, is lost, Leon decides to ship out to ______________ in response.
(a) Germany
(b) Cape Horn
(c) Arctic Circle
(d) Japan

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

6. Where do Leila and Mason find Leon, though he is shocked to see them there?
(a) Diner
(b) Grocery store
(c) Bus stop
(d) Bar

7. Who is the one who had the abortion and tells Leon and Mah, even though there doesn't seem to be a reason to do so?
(a) Ona
(b) Nina
(c) Leila
(d) Bridget

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

9. Mason is in a bad mood when they drive to get Leon as ______________ can not pay him that week.
(a) Zeke
(b) Dale
(c) Leon
(d) Jorge

10. Grandpa looks like one of the Eight Holy ________________, sun-leathered skin, elephant eyes, and slow moving.
(a) Ghosts
(b) Mortals
(c) Monks
(d) Immortals

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

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

13. Who has cut her hair very short when they were out of town--like a boy according to Leon?
(a) Leila
(b) Ona
(c) Nina
(d) Mah

14. When Fu leaves for __________, Mah learns the ropes and becomes his best worker.
(a) China
(b) Africa
(c) Japan
(d) Australia

15. 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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. _____________ holds that the suicide was Ona's choice, and not from any other cause.

3. _____________ understands that Leon needs time away, and is sure he will be safe on a ship.

4. What does Leila smell when she walks in the door and sees the lights out in the start of this chapter?

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

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