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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which hotel is in competition with the Calivista?

2. What does Mia tell the class is her dog's name?

3. What does Mia do with her father on Sundays?

4. What is the customer in Chapter 7 outraged about in his room, so much that he calls Mia as if it is an emergency?

5. When does Mia witness Mr. Yao humiliating Jason?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What conclusion does Mia come to about the profitability of the Calivista Motel?

5. How does Mia's class act when Mrs. Douglas introduces China as the topic?

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

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

8. What kind of trouble does Uncle Ming tell Mia's parents he has gotten into?

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

10. What do Mia's parents only use on special occasions, either for joy or distress, from China?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does hearing from their friends and former co-workers who are also Chinese immigrants in America during their brief stays at the Calivista affect Mia's and her parents' understanding about their own potential prospects and opportunities in the U.S.? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your answers.

Essay Topic 2

Why is it such a shock for Mia to receive Shen's letter and learn that Shen's family seems to have moved into the upper-class back in China? How does this news make Mia feel? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text.

Essay Topic 3

When and how do Mia and her family first begin to get a sense of why other people have only poor things to say about Mr. Yao, their boss and the owner of the Calivista Motel? Write an essay explaining your answers.

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