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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. What brings Leon home tanned, relaxed, and bearing gifts for the family?
(a) Bike
(b) Bus
(c) Yellow taxi
(d) Train

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

3. Leon wants to blame someone for the suicide of Ona, so he blames _______________.
(a) Mah
(b) Himself
(c) America
(d) Mason

4. What does Leon do after his big meal as things have been let go while he was at sea?
(a) Paints the outside of the house
(b) Plays the piano
(c) Prays
(d) Fixes things

5. Where does Leila go in order to watch kites, sailboats, and Alcatraz?
(a) Marina
(b) Mission
(c) Embarcadero
(d) Pacific Grove

Short Answer Questions

1. When Nina takes the urn to ____________, Mah gets upset and hides it from sight.

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

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

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

5. Old timers believe that __________ comes from the mother and bones from the father.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Mah and Leon get married in the first place, according to the both of them?

4. After Mah finds a new job at Ching's, Leon goes away to a trip on the sea to Australia. What happens to Mah's job when he is away?

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

6. What are some of the things Leila does that makes Mason feel bothered, according to this chapter?

7. What does ten-year-old Ona do in order to get Leon to come back home after hearing about the affair?

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

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

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

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