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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 does Lupe say about Mia's plan to move to Vermont that surprises Mia?
(a) She thinks Mr. Yao will miss Mia and her family.
(b) She thinks Vermont is too cold.
(c) She thinks Mia can not win the essay contest.
(d) She will be sad if Mia moves.

2. What does Jason take from Mia in Chapter 38?
(a) Her green pencil from her father.
(b) Her tip jar.
(c) Her favorite cookbook.
(d) The blue baseball hat.

3. What does Xiao mean in Chinese?
(a) Rabbit.
(b) Deer.
(c) Little.
(d) Big.

4. What does Mia's mother say when Mia tells her about the kids in school being mad at her for not getting the math problem right for their team?
(a) She tells Mia that she has saved money for Mia to go to a new private school.
(b) She tells Mia they should have been able to get the answer themselves.
(c) She tells Mia that is racist stereotyping.
(d) She agrees with the kids at school.

5. In Chapter 28, what do the people in Room 8 leave for Mia?
(a) A puppy.
(b) A pair of new sneakers in her size.
(c) A chocolate cake.
(d) A nice tip.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mr. Yao say in Chinese about Hank that Mia understands but does not translate?

2. What does Jason start making fun of Mia for in Chapter 29?

3. In Chapter 41, who is Mia waiting up late for to come back to the motel?

4. What kind of clothing does Mia want badly but can not afford in Chapter 29?

5. Who used to work with Mia's mother as an engineer in China that comes to visit in Chapter 47?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Mia's parents try to repay Hank for his help after the attack on Mia's mother?

2. What happens to Mia's family when they take her mother to the emergency room?

3. What do the weeklies do for and with Mia on Halloween?

4. Why does Mia briefly stand in front of a mirror with a banana peel on her head?

5. Who stands up for Mia's family in the emergency room?

6. What does Uncle Zhang tell Mia and her parents he took a loan from a loan shark?

7. What is a thirty-day special?

8. What happens to Hank in the wake of the attack on Mia's mother?

9. How does Hank lose his job?

10. What is one idea Mia has to make money in Chapter 28?

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