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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tommie was a nervous wreck as he watched the sewing ladies on long ___________ breaks.
(a) Reading
(b) Tea
(c) Prayer
(d) Walk

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

3. Leon wonders whether Ona was _________ or whether she was given drugs to cause her to jump.
(a) Still alive
(b) Crazy
(c) Pushed
(d) Not the girl who fell

4. Who does Leon plan to look up when he is in Australia during his trip on the seas?
(a) Lyman Fu
(b) Jenny Chu
(c) His ex-wife
(d) Johnny Bruce

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

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

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

8. Leon wants to blame someone for the suicide of Ona, so he blames _______________.
(a) Mah
(b) Himself
(c) America
(d) Mason

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

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

11. Leon demands that ____________ and Ona break up, though she continues to see him behind his back.
(a) Osvaldo
(b) Mason
(c) Dale
(d) Zeke

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the television show that Leon and Mah and the girls used to watch sometimes during dinner?

2. What does Mah do after Leila tells her the news about the suicide of Ona?

3. Leon could leave Mah at any time, but he tries to find a ____________, like his buddies.

4. Since Nina is home, Leila is living ________________ though she plans to stay at Salmon Alley.

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

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