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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 talks about specializing in ________________ for her job, which she is already good at doing.
(a) Home visitations
(b) Food delivery
(c) Interventions
(d) Therapy

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

3. What kind of class is Leila preparing for when she is told of Ona's death?
(a) Art
(b) Music
(c) Science
(d) English

4. Leon could leave Mah at any time, but he tries to find a ____________, like his buddies.
(a) New business
(b) Steady sea assignment
(c) Lucky break
(d) Land job

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the Chinese word of the number of the building floor from which Ona jumped sound like?

3. What did the sewing ladies listen to during their breaks at the sweatshop?

4. What is a fourth grader doing during the day of Ona's death which reminds Lelia of Ona?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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