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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. What is the one fact of Leon's life that he cannot document with any certainty because of so many aliases?
(a) Birth date
(b) Place of birth
(c) Address
(d) Name

2. What is NOT a part of Leon's story of how he came to America 50 years before?
(a) He memorized someone else's history
(b) He married Mah
(c) He bought his surname
(d) He was granted entry to the US

3. Who rescues Leila after a tense phone call with Mah about Nina and about Leila's decision to live with Mason?
(a) Dale
(b) Leon
(c) Zeke
(d) Mason

4. Grandpa looks like one of the Eight Holy ________________, sun-leathered skin, elephant eyes, and slow moving.
(a) Ghosts
(b) Monks
(c) Immortals
(d) Mortals

5. What does Leila smell when she walks in the door and sees the lights out in the start of this chapter?
(a) Jasmine
(b) Honey
(c) Daisies
(d) Ginseng

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Leila get married which causes all of the local gossips to begin to talk about her?

2. Leon takes __________ buses and shows up in Jorge's parking lot as a result.

3. What does Leila want to sign Leon up for, so she takes him over to the office in the city?

4. Mason warns Leila that if ___________ is not home, he will stay no more than half an hour.

5. When Ona, too, is lost, Leon decides to ship out to ______________ in response.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Zeke so excited about when he pulls up in the white Mercedes where Mason works?

6. What does Leila see when she tries to sneak in without seeing or speaking to 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 is the secret of Nina that Mah decides to share with everyone for no good reason?

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

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

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