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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. Always watching for business opportunities, Leon talks ___________ into running L.L. Grocery.
(a) Leila
(b) Mah
(c) Mason
(d) Nina

2. Mason tells Leila to let ___________ go, but Leila is afraid he will stir up trouble.
(a) Leon
(b) Zeke
(c) Jorge
(d) Osvaldo

3. What does Mah do after Leila tells her the news about the suicide of Ona?
(a) Sing
(b) Laugh
(c) Collapse
(d) Pray

4. What has Leila sketched for the students to fill in during their afternoon class?
(a) Tree
(b) Rainbow
(c) Dragon
(d) Kite

5. Leila has arranged for _____________ as the body is too broken and funerals too expensive.
(a) A home funeral
(b) Closed casket
(c) Cremation
(d) A private showing

Short Answer Questions

1. Since Nina is home, Leila is living ________________ though she plans to stay at Salmon Alley.

2. Leila talks about specializing in ________________ for her job, which she is already good at doing.

3. Leon begins to drop by Mah's home more often to ____________.

4. Nina complains that ____________ is not doing her share of the work at the laundry business.

5. Mah believes that _______________ have changed her body and suggests she and Leon go into business together.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does ten-year-old Ona do in order to get Leon to come back home after hearing about the affair?

3. Why did Mah and Leon get married in the first place, according to the both of them?

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

5. What are the Confucian virtues, according to the start of this chapter?

6. Why don't the sewing women play music when they are working in the sweatshop together?

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

8. What do the sewing ladies do for Mah and the rest of the family after the death of Ona?

9. Things have changed after the affair. What are Leon and Mah like after the affair with Tommie Hom?

10. What have the women done by the time the S.S. Independent docks at the shore?

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