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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a fourth grader doing during the day of Ona's death which reminds Lelia of Ona?
(a) Smiling
(b) Crying
(c) Jumping rope
(d) Hiding

2. What is Leila preparing for when she spreads out pieces of a bulletin board in the living room?
(a) Meeting
(b) Science Fair
(c) New school year
(d) Open house

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

4. Leon could leave Mah at any time, but he tries to find a ____________, like his buddies.
(a) Steady sea assignment
(b) Lucky break
(c) New business
(d) Land job

5. Leila and Mason are too wasted to go ______________ on Sunday, so they sleep late and head down to brunch on the coast.
(a) To work
(b) Sightseeing
(c) Wine tasting
(d) To the Wharf

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

7. Where does Leila go in order to watch kites, sailboats, and Alcatraz?
(a) Marina
(b) Pacific Grove
(c) Mission
(d) Embarcadero

8. Leon and Mah ______________ everywhere and about anything after the death of Ona.
(a) Ignore each other
(b) Whisper
(c) Cry
(d) Fight

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

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

11. What did the sewing ladies listen to during their breaks at the sweatshop?
(a) News radio
(b) Chinese operas
(c) Pop music
(d) Classical music

12. Nina complains that ____________ is not doing her share of the work at the laundry business.
(a) Eva
(b) Ona
(c) Leila
(d) Mah

13. What does Mason call Mah when she comes home from her hair appointment?
(a) Miss Beauty Queen
(b) Miss America
(c) Beautiful Doll
(d) Miss Chinatown

14. Leila is in bed with Mason when Mah delivers a list of _________ for her to do.
(a) Orders
(b) Chores
(c) Phone calls
(d) Stitches

15. Leon has told Leila how he is ___________ away his life and losing his dream.
(a) Rocking
(b) Sweating
(c) Traveling
(d) Wasting

Short Answer Questions

1. Leila remembers thanking the ______________ for offering her some time off.

2. Always watching for business opportunities, Leon talks ___________ into running L.L. Grocery.

3. When the recess bell rings and Leila can have a few moments to herself, where does she go?

4. Why are Leon's earnings increased, which Mah actually criticizes later in the night?

5. What does Mah say she feels when Leila and Leon sit at the foot of Mah's bed?

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