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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (Chapters 55 - Author's Note).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hank tell Mia the name is for the type of fraud where someone pretends their car has been stolen?
(a) A braindrain.
(b) A thirty-day special.
(c) A barnstormer.
(d) A hambone.

2. What does Jason do after Mia rejects him when he tells her he likes her?
(a) Misses school for several days.
(b) Changes schools.
(c) Tells his father to find a way to punish Mia and her family.
(d) Sabotages Mia at the front desk.

3. Who runs after the thieves in Chapter 41?
(a) Mia's father.
(b) Lupe.
(c) Mia.
(d) Hank.

4. What does Mia fondly remember an old man in China giving her on her way home from school?
(a) An ice cream.
(b) A piece of candy.
(c) A popsicle.
(d) A new pencil.

5. What kind of trouble is Mia's family's first visitor at the motel in?
(a) Trouble with a neighbor.
(b) Trouble with loan sharks.
(c) Trouble with law enforcement.
(d) Trouble with the courts.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Mia's parents first come to America with?

2. What analogy does Lupe use for the rich and poor in America?

3. What does Mia do to help her family's visitor in Chapter 35?

4. What does Jason tell Mia in Part II that shocks her?

5. What would Mia have liked to have told her class in Part I about herself?

(see the answer key)

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