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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Mah say she feels when Leila and Leon sit at the foot of Mah's bed?
(a) Despair
(b) Anger
(c) Confusion
(d) Nervousness

3. What does Leila always do that bothers Mason, though she continues to do it?
(a) Gets high
(b) Says she's sorry
(c) Works too long of hours
(d) Eats American food

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

5. After a few good years, Lyman is gone from Mah's life and she calls him ____________ about America.
(a) Talk Big Words
(b) Promise Great Things
(c) Choosing Lies
(d) Give Woman Nothing

6. Mason suggests Leila tell Mah she will move into his new place in the _____________.
(a) East Bay
(b) Mission
(c) Pacific Grove
(d) South

7. What does the Chinese word of the number of the building floor from which Ona jumped sound like?
(a) To die
(b) To smile
(c) To live
(d) To be free

8. What floor did Ona jump from when she committed suicide, according to the story?
(a) 7th
(b) 12th
(c) 3rd
(d) 13th

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Leon begins to drop by Mah's home more often to ____________.

3. Leon wants to talk about _________ and about how much he loves her after the suicide.

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

5. Where does Leila find Leon in order to tell him to meet Mason at 4:00 pm?

(see the answer keys)

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