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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Nina calls the parenting style of Leon and Mah to be parenting _______________.
(a) Chop suey
(b) Teriyaki
(c) Wabi sabi
(d) Sushi

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

7. Seeing ____________ reminds Leon of every defeat he has ever suffered, so he yells at Ona every night.
(a) Osvaldo
(b) Ona
(c) Leila
(d) Mah

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

9. What had Ona done when Leila had to translate a conversation between a Woolworth's manager and Leon?
(a) Spilled a bottle of nailpolish
(b) Applied for a job
(c) Broken a window
(d) Been caught shoplifting

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

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

12. 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) Piano
(d) Singer sewing machine

13. What kind of class is Leila preparing for when she is told of Ona's death?
(a) Science
(b) Art
(c) Music
(d) English

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Mason going to do on Thursday in order to help Leon be ready for the funeral?

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

4. After a few good years, Lyman is gone from Mah's life and she calls him ____________ about America.

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.

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