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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 has told Leila how he is ___________ away his life and losing his dream.
(a) Sweating
(b) Wasting
(c) Traveling
(d) Rocking

2. Where does Leila find Leon in order to tell him to meet Mason at 4:00 pm?
(a) In his car
(b) Universal
(c) On a boat
(d) Wharf

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

4. What does Mason find to be too Chinesey, according to the recollection of Leila in this chapter?
(a) Mah's store
(b) Ginseng
(c) The food
(d) Gambling

5. What is Mason going to do on Thursday in order to help Leon be ready for the funeral?
(a) Cut his hair
(b) Fix his car
(c) Take him clothes shopping
(d) Bring him to the cemetery

Short Answer Questions

1. Mah makes no secret of the fact that she married Leon for _________________.

2. After a few good years, Lyman is gone from Mah's life and she calls him ____________ about America.

3. Who suggests a simple gathering after the cremation of Ona in order to mourn her death?

4. What does Mason assign Nina to do in order to prevent a fight between the two sisters from getting too heated?

5. Why are Leon's earnings increased, which Mah actually criticizes later in the night?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Leila prepared for the afternoon art class in the classroom where she is teaching?

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

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

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

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

6. What is the only thing Nina asks Leila to do in order to handle Mah's trip to Hong Kong?

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

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

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

10. Who does Leon blame for the death of Ona and for his overall discontent with life in this chapter?

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