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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mah rouses the girls to get ready for Leon to come home and she goes out to ______________.
(a) Sleep with Tommie
(b) Work
(c) Buy a meal
(d) Have her hair done

2. Leila is removing _____________ when Leon arrives home from his trip on the seas.
(a) Crooked stitches
(b) Her apron
(c) Dirty dishes
(d) Stains from her dress

3. What is the name of the person who Leila seems to remember is a backstabbing liar so she does not talk to her immediately?
(a) Christine
(b) Juliet
(c) Ann
(d) Seri

4. When the recess bell rings and Leila can have a few moments to herself, where does she go?
(a) Teacher's lounge
(b) Outside
(c) Closet
(d) Bathroom

5. Where does Leila find Leon in order to tell him to meet Mason at 4:00 pm?
(a) In his car
(b) Wharf
(c) On a boat
(d) Universal

6. Old timers believe that __________ comes from the mother and bones from the father.
(a) Blood
(b) Heart
(c) Flesh
(d) Air

7. The early years of Salmon Alley are a time of getting along by the ____________ virtues of loyalty, endurance, and hope.
(a) Confucian
(b) Japanese
(c) Simple
(d) Christian

8. Always watching for business opportunities, Leon talks ___________ into running L.L. Grocery.
(a) Nina
(b) Mason
(c) Mah
(d) Leila

9. Leila is bothered when she hears from _____________ that Leon fell asleep during a chess game.
(a) A teacher's aide
(b) Mason
(c) Nina
(d) Mah

10. After a few good years, Lyman is gone from Mah's life and she calls him ____________ about America.
(a) Give Woman Nothing
(b) Promise Great Things
(c) Talk Big Words
(d) Choosing Lies

11. What does Mason find to be too Chinesey, according to the recollection of Leila in this chapter?
(a) Mah's store
(b) Ginseng
(c) Gambling
(d) The food

12. Leon's speaking ___________ makes Leila nervous as he paces back and forth.
(a) In garbled tones
(b) And crying
(c) English
(d) And drunkenness

13. Born and raised in Chinatown, ___________ is sometimes proud of this heritage and sometimes not.
(a) Leila
(b) Mason
(c) Leon
(d) Mah

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

15. Who comes to the house, bringing comfort food and giving advice to the grieving family members?
(a) Ovscaldo
(b) Mason
(c) Sewing ladies
(d) Church ladies

Short Answer Questions

1. Nina calls the parenting style of Leon and Mah to be parenting _______________.

2. Ten-year-old ___________ does the most in order to get Leon to come back home to be a family.

3. Where does Leila go in order to watch kites, sailboats, and Alcatraz?

4. What did the sewing ladies listen to during their breaks at the sweatshop?

5. Leila waits to talk to Mah until Leon's return with stories of her ______________, hoping this will unlock her from Mah.

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