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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 is one reason Mia has a hard time with tenses in English?
(a) She focuses too much on other elements of grammar.
(b) She struggles with dyslexia and it makes it harder for her to learn tenses.
(c) There are no tenses in Chinese.
(d) She was never taught tenses.

2. What does the blue hat on the front desk mean?
(a) A signal for the fire inspector to come in.
(b) A signal for immigrants who wanted to stay for free to come in.
(c) A signal for the tax inspector to come in.
(d) A signal to immigrants who wanted to stay for free not to come in.

3. Why does the hospital administrator say Mia's family does not qualify for having fees waived?
(a) They get free rent.
(b) They are doctors themselves.
(c) They make too much money.
(d) They have paid for health care before.

4. What does Mia's mother eat when she is stressed?
(a) Rice.
(b) Stinky tofu paste.
(c) Pizza.
(d) Potato chips.

5. What does Mia secretly do for Hank in Chapter 44?
(a) Loan him money from her tip jar.
(b) Write him a reference letter for a job he is applying for.
(c) Call his sister and ask her to come visit him.
(d) Win a car in a contest.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Mia's parents tell her about in Chapter 50 from their own country's history?

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

3. 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?

4. What does Mia say she is thankful for on Thanksgiving?

5. Where does Mia's mother like to go and browse around sometimes in Chapter 36?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the blue hat at the front desk mean?

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

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

4. In Chapter 34, what does Mia's father buy her and what does he tell her when he does?

5. Why does Mia need $300 in Part III?

6. What is a thirty-day special?

7. What feedback does Mia get on her writing from Mrs. Douglas in Chapter 27?

8. Why does Hank say he can stay at the motel even though he has fallen behind in his payments?

9. What does Lupe scribble on a guest comment card for her friend Mia?

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

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