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

2. What analogy does Lupe use for the rich and poor in America?
(a) A swimming pool.
(b) A shop.
(c) A roller coaster.
(d) A boat.

3. What would Mia have liked to have told her class in Part I about herself?
(a) She has three cats.
(b) She works at the front desk of a motel.
(c) She is from China.
(d) She cooks every day.

4. Why does Mr. Yao reject Mia's ideas for making the hotel safer?
(a) He thinks it will get him in trouble with the law.
(b) He thinks they will hurt business.
(c) He objects to surveillance.
(d) They all cost money.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mia's mother tell her about how she will do in English compared to the native speakers?

2. Who is the son of the owner of the Calivista Motel?

3. What does Mr. Yao tell Mia about his perception of good employees?

4. What happens when Mia lets in a slightly disheveled-looking man to the motel in Chapter 12?

5. Who owns the Calivista Motel?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Chapter 18, what does Lupe tell Mia about the two roller coasters in America?

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

3. In Chapter 9, what event provides an unexpected moment of joy for Mia and her family?

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

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

8. Why does Mia begin to feel sympathy for Jason Yao in Chapter 8?

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

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

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