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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. Mah makes no secret of the fact that she married Leon for _________________.
(a) Pity
(b) Love
(c) Desperation
(d) A green card

2. Born and raised in Chinatown, ___________ is sometimes proud of this heritage and sometimes not.
(a) Mason
(b) Leila
(c) Leon
(d) Mah

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

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

5. What does Mason call Mah when she comes home from her hair appointment?
(a) Miss America
(b) Miss Chinatown
(c) Miss Beauty Queen
(d) Beautiful Doll

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Leon do after his big meal as things have been let go while he was at sea?

2. The sewing women do not __________ while they are making the new design as they are competing with one another.

3. Leon and Mah ______________ everywhere and about anything after the death of Ona.

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

5. Mah wants to put Ona's ________________ on Confucius' altar to commemorate her.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Mah do when Nina decides to bring the urn with Ona's ashes to Baby Clothes?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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