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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leon want to buy Mah at the Goodwill with the $25 he gets from working at the cafe?
(a) Flowers
(b) A jade plant
(c) A ring
(d) An unneeded stereo

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

3. 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) Leila
(c) Bridget
(d) Nina

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

5. Who rescues Leila after a tense phone call with Mah about Nina and about Leila's decision to live with Mason?
(a) Mason
(b) Dale
(c) Zeke
(d) Leon

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

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

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. ___________ likes to drive fast, but he always drives safely, which puts Leila at ease during the trip down the peninsula.
(a) Leon
(b) Dale
(c) Zeke
(d) Mason

10. How many times to Leila and Nina clink their glasses together in order to encourage good luck?
(a) Seven
(b) Once
(c) Three
(d) Two

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

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

13. Where does Leila go in order to find where Grandpa Leong's body is buried in the city?
(a) Shipyard
(b) Benevolent Association
(c) Mausoleum
(d) Veteran's Building

14. Mason says that __________ is too much like Leon, keeping everything, remembering everything.
(a) Leila
(b) Ona
(c) Nina
(d) Mah

15. Chinese boys in the schools where Nina would attend spread rumors that she would only date ________.
(a) Girls
(b) Teachers
(c) Whites
(d) Blacks

Short Answer Questions

1. Frank Jow sent a telegram to _______________, hoping it would give Leon enough time to come home for Leong's funeral.

2. Mason warns Leila that if ___________ is not home, he will stay no more than half an hour.

3. Mah has a __________ that she wants Leila to taste and to take a jar to Mason as well.

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

5. Leila muses that her sister must have a map of ___________ in her head, while Leila only has Chinatown.

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