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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Mason tells Leila to let ___________ go, but Leila is afraid he will stir up trouble.
(a) Osvaldo
(b) Leon
(c) Zeke
(d) Jorge

5. Mah believes that _______________ have changed her body and suggests she and Leon go into business together.
(a) Home births
(b) Rice bowls
(c) Back injuries
(d) Sweatshops

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

7. Leila has arranged for _____________ as the body is too broken and funerals too expensive.
(a) A home funeral
(b) Closed casket
(c) Cremation
(d) A private showing

8. Leon begins to drop by Mah's home more often to ____________.
(a) Read to her
(b) Bring her food
(c) Fix things
(d) Drink tea

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

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

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

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

13. Leila talks about specializing in ________________ for her job, which she is already good at doing.
(a) Interventions
(b) Food delivery
(c) Home visitations
(d) Therapy

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the word that Luday keeps repeating to Mah which helps her to feel calmer?

2. 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.

3. Mah makes no secret of the fact that she married Leon for _________________.

4. Leon admits that he misses Mah's __________ and that he does not like his life without her in it.

5. Leon's speaking ___________ makes Leila nervous as he paces back and forth.

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