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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 Mia's mother stuff her shopping bags with that she carries around the stores?
(a) Food.
(b) Scarves.
(c) Notebooks.
(d) Toilet paper.

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

3. Who comes to visit Mia and her family in Chapter 35?
(a) Uncle Ming.
(b) Uncle Fung.
(c) Aunt Li.
(d) Aunt Zen.

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 agrees with the kids at school.
(b) She tells Mia that is racist stereotyping.
(c) She tells Mia they should have been able to get the answer themselves.
(d) She tells Mia that she has saved money for Mia to go to a new private school.

5. What does Mia's mother say when taking a picture?
(a) Eggplant.
(b) Chocolate.
(c) Rice.
(d) Tomato.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mia convince her parents to take her mother to the hospital?

2. What grade does Mia get on her essay in Chapter 27?

3. Who gives Mia a dictionary/thesaurus to borrow?

4. In Chapter 33, why does Mia put a banana peel over her head?

5. What does Mia's father buy for her in Chapter 34?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does Mia help Hank get a job in Part IV?

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

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

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

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

9. What is a thirty-day special?

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

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