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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. What did Li's boss used to feed the workers for lunch?

2. Who was Mia's fourth-grade teacher?

3. What is the real reason Mia does not want to participate in gym class?

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

5. What does Mia see happening to Jason in Part I that makes her sympathetic to him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Mr. Yao tell Mia is the difference between a good employee and a bad employee?

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

5. What does Hank Caleb tell Mia about Mr. Yao when she first meets Hank?

6. What does the security guard from the Topaz Inn propose to Mia?

7. What happens when Mr. Yao makes Jason work at the front desk for a while?

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

9. What is the school principal's reaction to find out Mia speaks English when she meets Mia for the first time?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How and why does Mia begin to build close friendships with some of the "weeklies," like Hank Caleb, at the Calivista? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help explain your answers.

Essay Topic 2

How does Mia remember her first experience meeting her elementary school principal? Why does Mia feel as if she needs to demonstrate her facility with speaking English with the principal at this first meeting? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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