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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leila does not want the big ___________ that Mah insists on having to meet her obligations to relatives.
(a) Ceremony
(b) Honeymoon
(c) New Year
(d) Wedding banquet

2. Who often accompanies Leila on the home visits she makes as a community relations specialist?
(a) Nina
(b) Mason
(c) Mah
(d) Leon

3. Leila and Mason fly into _________ as Nina returns from a tour of the Yangtze River area.
(a) Boston
(b) Washington DC
(c) New York
(d) Chicago

4. Zeke makes a rule about not taking __________ from friends.
(a) Money
(b) Lovers
(c) Advice
(d) Help

5. Leon doesn't care that others in Chinatown think his family is unlucky because they have three __________.
(a) Homes
(b) Sons
(c) Failed businesses
(d) Daughters

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Leila go in order to find where Grandpa Leong's body is buried in the city?

2. Where does Mason help out by installing the rest of the fluorescent lights that Leon did not complete?

3. Mah has a __________ that she wants Leila to taste and to take a jar to Mason as well.

4. Since Ona killed herself, it has been too hard for __________ to live with Mah on Salmon Alley.

5. Leon claims the family's bad luck started when he broke his promise to return Grandpa Leong's _____ to China.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Mason in a bad mood when he and Leila go to pick up Leon in Vallejo?

2. What is the site of where Ona decided to take her life by jumping from the building?

3. Why did Nina decide to quit her past job as a flight attendant, according to the story?

4. What were the rumors that the boys at Nina's school used to spread about her and her dating life?

5. What would have happened had Grandpa Leong actually have been a family man, according to the book?

6. Why is Lynette Yee getting upset with Leila and her actions at this point of the story?

7. What is the one thing that Leon can not document when he is at the Social Security office because he has had so many aliases?

8. What does Mah want Leila to do when Leila calls to check up on Mah?

9. Though she wants to, what is the one thing that Leila does not say to Mason when he gets upset about work?

10. What is the secret of Nina that Mah decides to share with everyone for no good reason?

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