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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 does Mah eat alone in the kitchen as she does not want to let anything go to waste?
(a) Bony parts
(b) Grizzle
(c) Paper wrappings
(d) Chicken skin

2. Where does Leila get married which causes all of the local gossips to begin to talk about her?
(a) San Francisco
(b) New York
(c) Chicago
(d) Los Angeles

3. Mason thinks his boss should focus on ____________ cars, rather than ____________ cars.
(a) Fixing, Buying and Selling
(b) Selling; Buying
(c) Selling; Fixing
(d) Buying, Selling

4. Where does Leon want Mason to drive him, though he gets him lost along the way?
(a) Baby Store
(b) Adult store
(c) Shipyard
(d) Chinese cemetery

5. In what city do Leila and her parents live during the course of this novel?
(a) Hong Kong
(b) San Francisco
(c) New York
(d) Chicago

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. Leila is looking for Leon again and at the Seaman's Union, she finds out that he is waiting for ______________.

3. Where do Leila and Mason find Leon, though he is shocked to see them there?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the obstacles that are standing in the way of Leon when he goes to visit the cemetery?

2. What is so interesting about the job Nina now has leading tours of China and the surrounding areas?

3. What does Leila see when she tries to sneak in without seeing or speaking to Mah?

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

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

6. Why does Leon let Leila take him to him to sign up for Social Security at the start of this chapter?

7. Why might other families in San Francisco's Chinatown think Leon's family is unlucky?

8. What does Leila learn about Leon when she is making the rounds again of Leon's hangouts?

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

10. Why does Leon tend to keep old things, even if they are not useful anymore?

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