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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has Leon taken apart in order to fix it and to give it back to Mah as a present?
(a) Car
(b) Singer sewing machine
(c) Piano
(d) Radio

2. ____________ does not offer to come to the home in Chinatown immediately when called.
(a) Nina
(b) Leila
(c) Leon
(d) Osvaldo

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

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

5. Mah finds another job at __________ when Leon goes off to sea in Australia, and she's so good she's promoted by the time he returns.
(a) Ching's
(b) Osvaldo's
(c) Mason's
(d) Hom's

6. Leon admits that he misses Mah's __________ and that he does not like his life without her in it.
(a) Cooking
(b) Smile
(c) Hair
(d) Laugh

7. Ten-year-old ___________ does the most in order to get Leon to come back home to be a family.
(a) Leila
(b) Ona
(c) Nina
(d) Mason

8. Leila waits to talk to Mah until Leon's return with stories of her ______________, hoping this will unlock her from Mah.
(a) Husband
(b) Sister
(c) Cousin
(d) Father

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

10. What is the celebration which is taking place all too soon after the death of Ona?
(a) Ona's birthday
(b) Christmas
(c) New Year
(d) Halloween

11. Leon wants to talk about _________ and about how much he loves her after the suicide.
(a) Mah
(b) Leila
(c) Ona
(d) Nina

12. What does Mah want to keep open, though Leila refuses to help, so Mah is forced to ask Luday?
(a) Her marriage
(b) Her apartment
(c) Her communication with Leon
(d) Baby Store

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

14. Ona makes ___________ real in their lives and talking helps them deal with this.
(a) Sadness
(b) Death
(c) Bad luck
(d) Pain

15. Who suggests a simple gathering after the cremation of Ona in order to mourn her death?
(a) Leila
(b) Leon
(c) Mah
(d) Nina

Short Answer Questions

1. Leila knows that Mah wants a __________ and has suitors, including her boss of the moment.

2. What does the Chinese word of the number of the building floor from which Ona jumped sound like?

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

4. What does Leila decide to do when Mason goes off to work after they party?

5. What does Mason call Mah when she comes home from her hair appointment?

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