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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. Who wants to have a fancy Chinese wake in order to commemorate the life of Ona in the neighborhood?
(a) Leila
(b) Mah
(c) Nina
(d) Leon

2. Ten-year-old ___________ does the most in order to get Leon to come back home to be a family.
(a) Leila
(b) Nina
(c) Ona
(d) Mason

3. Leon begins to drop by Mah's home more often to ____________.
(a) Bring her food
(b) Read to her
(c) Drink tea
(d) Fix things

4. After a few good years, Lyman is gone from Mah's life and she calls him ____________ about America.
(a) Promise Great Things
(b) Talk Big Words
(c) Give Woman Nothing
(d) Choosing Lies

5. Since Nina is home, Leila is living ________________ though she plans to stay at Salmon Alley.
(a) With Mason
(b) At a shelter
(c) In her car
(d) By herself

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mason find to be too Chinesey, according to the recollection of Leila in this chapter?

2. Mason suggests Leila tell Mah she will move into his new place in the _____________.

3. When the recess bell rings and Leila can have a few moments to herself, where does she go?

4. What is the name of the person who Leila seems to remember is a backstabbing liar so she does not talk to her immediately?

5. When the S.S. Independent docks, ____________ has cleaned the house, helped sew a dozen culottes, and heated lunch.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Leon want to have a fancy Chinese wake for Ona after her suicide, though Nina suggests a simple cremation?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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