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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. Leon's speaking ___________ makes Leila nervous as he paces back and forth.
(a) In garbled tones
(b) English
(c) And drunkenness
(d) And crying

2. Leila is bothered when she hears from _____________ that Leon fell asleep during a chess game.
(a) Mah
(b) Nina
(c) Mason
(d) A teacher's aide

3. Where does Leila go in order to watch kites, sailboats, and Alcatraz?
(a) Pacific Grove
(b) Mission
(c) Embarcadero
(d) Marina

4. Nina calls the parenting style of Leon and Mah to be parenting _______________.
(a) Chop suey
(b) Teriyaki
(c) Sushi
(d) Wabi sabi

5. Where did Mah and Leon get married, with Leila as the witness to the ceremony?
(a) The courthouse
(b) Las Vegas
(c) Vallejo
(d) Reno

Short Answer Questions

1. Leila is removing _____________ when Leon arrives home from his trip on the seas.

2. The sewing women do not __________ while they are making the new design as they are competing with one another.

3. What does Mah say she feels when Leila and Leon sit at the foot of Mah's bed?

4. Mah finds another job at __________ when Leon goes off to sea in Australia, and she's so good she's promoted by the time he returns.

5. Born and raised in Chinatown, ___________ is sometimes proud of this heritage and sometimes not.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mah believe that Lyman will make good on his promise and send for her?

2. Why do the women at the factory work night and day, pushing themselves to sew?

3. Why did Leila have to translate between Leon and a Woolworth's manager when Ona was eight or nine?

4. What is the argument between Leon and Mah regarding the ashes of Ona after her death?

5. What does Mah want to do in order to prepare herself for the homecoming of Leon?

6. Ona decides to jump from the 13th floor of the building, which confuses Leila. What is the meaning of the number 13?

7. What does Leila recall about a bathroom stall where she goes after hearing the news about the suicide of Ona?

8. What does a teacher's aide tell Leila about Leon after he walks out on Mah during a discussion about Ona's ashes?

9. To what does Leila compare the feeling of time rushing forward and then snapping still?

10. What are some of the things Leila does that makes Mason feel bothered, according to this chapter?

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