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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 has Leon taken apart in order to fix it and to give it back to Mah as a present?

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

3. Leon demands that ____________ and Ona break up, though she continues to see him behind his back.

4. Leila remembers thanking the ______________ for offering her some time off.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Mah believe that Lyman will make good on his promise and send for her?

10. What has Leila prepared for the afternoon art class in the classroom where she is teaching?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The suicide in this novel seems to be the one event which pulls everyone together, while at the same time driving them all apart.

Part 1: Why do you think the suicide affects Leon in the way it does?

Part 2: How do you think Leila has been changed by the suicide of Ona?

Part 3: Why do you think Ona decided to kill herself?

Essay Topic 2

The theme of the story of BONE: A NOVEL is one that repeats itself not just in the placement of the bones where the grandfather requested.

Part 1: Why are the gossips in the story a crucial part of the story's development?

Part 2: What does the phrase 'bone to pick' mean to you?

Part 3: What else do you think the bones of the grandfather represent to the family in the story? Why?

Essay Topic 3

The affair that Mah had seems to be one of the most difficult times of their relationship, even the book notes that summer was the worst.

Part 1: Why do you think that Mah decided to have an affair?

Part 2: Do you think that Mah and Leon should have stayed together after the affair was revealed? Why or why not?

Part 3: Why do you think that Mah wants to be a family again after the affair?

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