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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. Which hotel is in competition with the Calivista?
(a) The Topaz.
(b) The Diamond.
(c) The Emerald.
(d) The Heart.

2. What board game do the weeklies often play?
(a) Sorry!
(b) Settlers of Catan.
(c) Monopoly.
(d) Candy Land.

3. What does Mia do with her father on Sundays?
(a) Go to church.
(b) Take cans to the recycling center.
(c) Go to baseball games.
(d) Go to art class.

4. What does the first weekly resident at the motel tell Mia about Mr. Yao?
(a) Mr. Yao is a sad man.
(b) Everyone hates Mr. Yao.
(c) Mr. Yao is not dependable.
(d) Mr. Yao sometimes gives them free food.

5. What does Mr. Yao do to Mia's parents in Chapter 6 that upsets her parents?
(a) Makes her parents fill out many forms.
(b) Makes her parents give him their passports.
(c) Makes her parents pay for the rental insurance.
(d) Tries to lessen the amount of money they will get for each room rented.

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does Mia play?

2. What is Mia's favorite cereal?

3. What does the disheveled man do to Mia in Chapter 12?

4. Who hears Mia playing piano in Chapter 14?

5. What does Jason tell Mia he thinks was not a bad idea in Chapter 13?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who helps Mia when she mistakenly buzzes a drunk person into the motel, and what does the person helping her do?

2. What do Mia's interactions with the police in Chapter 21 make her realize?

3. Why do Mia's parents refuse to let her help them clean at the motel?

4. What happens when Mr. Yao makes Jason work at the front desk for a while?

5. What kind of trouble does Uncle Ming tell Mia's parents he has gotten into?

6. What act of kindness and generosity does Mia do for Uncle Li in Chapter 16?

7. What does the security guard from the Topaz Inn propose to Mia?

8. Why does Mia stop just before she tells her new fifth-grade class she lives in a motel?

9. What happens that causes a great stir at the motel in Chapter 21?

10. What is Mia's mother's tradition of "taking a picture" at happy or significant moments?

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