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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. Frank Jow and all of Chinatown know of the family's ________, which embarrasses Leila.
(a) Secrets
(b) Cousins
(c) Troubles
(d) Financial situation

2. What does Leila want to drink as she is looking through the moldy papers of Leon's?
(a) Water
(b) Scotch
(c) Tea
(d) Coffee

3. Leon claims the family's bad luck started when he broke his promise to return Grandpa Leong's _____ to China.
(a) Body
(b) Papers
(c) Bones
(d) Ashes

4. Where does Mason help out by installing the rest of the fluorescent lights that Leon did not complete?
(a) Baby Store
(b) Church
(c) Sweatshop
(d) Apartment

5. Mah warns Leila against eating ___________ every day, though Leila argues that she likes the taste.
(a) Mexican
(b) Chinese
(c) Japanese
(d) American

Short Answer Questions

1. Leon and Mah tell Leila that education is the ____________ job in China, though Leila wants to remind them they are not in China anymore.

2. The smell of steamed ________________ reminds Leila of her time in Tommie Hom's sweatshop.

3. Leon keeps everything because he believes that _____________ is sacred and can only be thrown away in a sacred way.

4. When Fu leaves for __________, Mah learns the ropes and becomes his best worker.

5. Mason thinks his boss should focus on ____________ cars, rather than ____________ cars.

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Leon done to the light he has invented, which Leila turns on when she notices Mah?

2. What do the girls do with the sqaubs when they eat them? What does Mah do with the waste?

3. What happens during the first case Leila has as a family counselor at the start of this chapter?

4. What did Leon have to do in order to gain entry into the United States, according to the story Leila has heard 90 times?

5. What does Leon ask Mason to do after Leon has taken two buses to get to Jorge's parking lot?

6. How does Nina propose to help Leila with the situation with Mah?

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 Leila see when she tries to sneak in without seeing or speaking to Mah?

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

10. What does Leila smell when she goes to the Benevolent Association alone after work on Friday?

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