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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 waits to talk to Mah until Leon's return with stories of her ______________, hoping this will unlock her from Mah.
(a) Cousin
(b) Husband
(c) Father
(d) Sister

2. Leon admits that he misses Mah's __________ and that he does not like his life without her in it.
(a) Hair
(b) Cooking
(c) Laugh
(d) Smile

3. What had Ona done when Leila had to translate a conversation between a Woolworth's manager and Leon?
(a) Spilled a bottle of nailpolish
(b) Applied for a job
(c) Been caught shoplifting
(d) Broken a window

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.
(a) Hom's
(b) Ching's
(c) Mason's
(d) Osvaldo's

5. What does the Chinese word of the number of the building floor from which Ona jumped sound like?
(a) To smile
(b) To live
(c) To be free
(d) To die

Short Answer Questions

1. The women at the factory are working hard as the ___________ is easy for them to make and it pays well.

2. Leon could leave Mah at any time, but he tries to find a ____________, like his buddies.

3. What is the word that Luday keeps repeating to Mah which helps her to feel calmer?

4. ____________ does not offer to come to the home in Chinatown immediately when called.

5. Leila has arranged for _____________ as the body is too broken and funerals too expensive.

Short Essay Questions

1. When Mason and Leila come to fetch Leon, what do they find he has done in his apartment?

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

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

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

5. Leila wonders why Mason does not introduce her to his family. What is the reason?

6. What does Mah say about the affair she had and whether she wants to get back together with Leon?

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

8. What is the advice that Soon-ping, a sewing lady, gives to Mah after the death of Ona?

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

10. Why does Leon want to tell everyone about the death of Ona in Chinatown?

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