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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leon do after his big meal as things have been let go while he was at sea?
(a) Fixes things
(b) Plays the piano
(c) Prays
(d) Paints the outside of the house

2. What does Leila decide to do when Mason goes off to work after they party?
(a) Find Leon
(b) Grade papers
(c) Take a hot bath
(d) Go for a swim

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

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

5. What has Leila sketched for the students to fill in during their afternoon class?
(a) Tree
(b) Kite
(c) Dragon
(d) Rainbow

6. The women at the factory are working hard as the ___________ is easy for them to make and it pays well.
(a) Sock
(b) Shoe
(c) Purse
(d) Pattern

7. Since Nina is home, Leila is living ________________ though she plans to stay at Salmon Alley.
(a) By herself
(b) At a shelter
(c) With Mason
(d) In her car

8. What has Mah brought for Leon as a present after her trip to Hong Kong?
(a) Book
(b) Diver's watch
(c) Coins
(d) Radio

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

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

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

12. After being unemployed for __________ months, Leon ships our and returns to widespread rumors.
(a) Six
(b) Twelve
(c) Three
(d) Ten

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

14. Mah has no time for lunch and shows Leila how to install _____________ in the design.
(a) Hems
(b) Pockets
(c) Zippers
(d) Heels

15. What is the word that Luday keeps repeating to Mah which helps her to feel calmer?
(a) Completion
(b) Unity
(c) Peace
(d) Redemption

Short Answer Questions

1. Mason suggests Leila tell Mah she will move into his new place in the _____________.

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

3. Who wants to have a fancy Chinese wake in order to commemorate the life of Ona in the neighborhood?

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

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

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