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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 do the kids in Mia's class do when the class learns about China?
(a) Tease her about her traditional clothes.
(b) Make slanted eyes at her.
(c) Wear red.
(d) Mock her accent.

2. What is the customer in Chapter 7 outraged about in his room, so much that he calls Mia as if it is an emergency?
(a) An old pizza box left in the room.
(b) A rat he saw in the room.
(c) A piece of dental floss in a trash can.
(d) A piece of wood on his bed.

3. Why did Mia's mother get fired from the Chinese restaurant in Chapter 1?
(a) Mia's mother could not work because of a sore foot.
(b) Mia, trying to help her mother, dropped a tray of food.
(c) Mia got sick and her mother had to miss work to take care of her.
(d) Mia's mother asked for a raise.

4. How does Uncle Ming pay for his car repairs in Part I?
(a) With coupons.
(b) With homemade clothes.
(c) With songs.
(d) With food.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of tea did Mia's parents bring from China for special occasions?

2. What is one thing Mia wants to ask Mr. Yao to install to make the front desk safer?

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

4. In which state is a couple looking to give away their motel in an essay contest?

5. Who asks for a wake-up call in Chapter 5?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What impresses Jason Yao about Mia in Chapter 14?

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

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

5. Why was the memory of the chocolate-scented notebook such a painful one for Mia?

6. What ideas does Mia have to make the motel safer for her and her parents?

7. What does Mia's mother tell her when Mia asks her why they came to America in the first place?

8. What does Uncle Li tell Mia and her parents about his work experience that shocks them?

9. Why does Mia's mother get fired from her job at the Chinese restaurant in Part I?

10. What does Mr. Yao tell Mia is the difference between a good employee and a bad employee?

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