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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the nickname that Zeke has gotten after hanging out at his uncle's 76 station?

2. Leila's first case as a family counselor is with the parents of ____________ who do not show up or answer the phone.

3. Where must Mason deliver the car in order to get it to his cousin, Dale?

4. Nina remarks how she only uses ____________ to fix her hair and laughs with Leon's laugh.

5. Where is Leon working to help out with the lunch rush, as she eventually discovers?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Lynette Yee getting upset with Leila and her actions at this point of the story?

2. What does Leon want to do with his newly received $25 from working in the kitchen at the lunch rush?

3. What does Leila learn about Leon when she is making the rounds again of Leon's hangouts?

4. What is the secret of Nina that Mah decides to share with everyone for no good reason?

5. What is the one thing that Leon can not document when he is at the Social Security office because he has had so many aliases?

6. What has Leon done to the light he has invented, which Leila turns on when she notices Mah?

7. What does Leila smell when she goes to the Benevolent Association alone after work on Friday?

8. Though she wants to, what is the one thing that Leila does not say to Mason when he gets upset about work?

9. What does Leila help Mason do at the start of this chapter in order to deliver something to his cousin, Dale?

10. What is the site of where Ona decided to take her life by jumping from the building?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The idea of the bones being the reason for the bad luck in the novel is one that seems silly to some readers. But is it?

Part 1: Do you believe in the idea of luck and of bad luck? Why or why not?

Part 2: Why do you think the bones are so important to the luck of the family?

Part 3: Why do you think that the bones were not handled in the way they were supposed to be handled?

Essay Topic 2

While the characters are struggling to find their own identities, it seems that many secrets are being held which are only making it more difficult to keep the family together.

Part 1: Why do you think Leila finds it so difficult to tell others about her elopement?

Part 2: Why do you think the characters in this story feel they need to keep secrets from each other?

Part 3: How is the Chinese culture supporting the keeping of secrets within families and from the outside world?

Essay Topic 3

The sheltered existence of Chinatown seems to have the possibility of hurting those who live there as much as it seems to help them.

Part 1: Why do you think neighborhoods like Chinatown still exist today?

Part 2: Do you think that sheltered neighborhoods are beneficial to their inhabitants? Why or why not?

Part 3: In what ways are these cultural neighborhoods making life more difficult for those who live there? Or aren't they?

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