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

2. Mah insists that Leila also bring a jar to ___________, which Leila does not want to do as she does not want to be in the middle.
(a) Leon
(b) Dale
(c) Nina
(d) Zeke

3. What is the housing project which is next to the school where Leila works?
(a) Nam Ping Yuen
(b) Edith Eaton
(c) You Thin Toy
(d) Charles Darney

4. Who suggests going out to dinner, though Leila instantly recalls a time when they did so with less than positive results?
(a) Mah
(b) Zeke
(c) Mason
(d) Leon

5. Frank Jow sent a telegram to _______________, hoping it would give Leon enough time to come home for Leong's funeral.
(a) San Francisco
(b) Beijing
(c) Osaka
(d) New York

Short Answer Questions

1. Normally when Leila comes to visit Leon, what does he make for her to drink during their time together?

2. Nina decides to take on a job of leading tours in _______, a place she has never seen.

3. When buddies accept ______________ to illegal immigrants, Leon declines as he does not intend to stay.

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

5. What kind of medication was Ona taking at the time of her death, according to the book?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Nina not necessarily share in the crush that Zeke has on her according to this chapter?

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

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

5. What just happened which gives the local Chinatown gossips another thing to talk about?

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

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

8. What does Leila help Mason do at the start of this chapter in order to deliver something to his cousin, Dale?

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

10. Who is You Thin Toy, Leila's favorite of all of Leon's fleabag friends?

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