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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. Who gives Mia a dictionary/thesaurus to borrow?
2. Why was the visitor to Mia's family in Chapter 35 fired from his job?
3. Who takes Mia trick-or-treating on Halloween?
4. Where does Mia's mother like to go and browse around sometimes in Chapter 36?
5. What does Mia's mother tell Mia she is like when it comes to learning English and writing in English?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who stands up for Mia's family in the emergency room?
2. What happens to Hank in the wake of the attack on Mia's mother?
3. What does Lupe scribble on a guest comment card for her friend Mia?
4. What does Uncle Zhang tell Mia and her parents he took a loan from a loan shark?
5. How does Hank lose his job?
6. What feedback does Mia get on her writing from Mrs. Douglas in Chapter 27?
7. What does the blue hat at the front desk mean?
8. What do the weeklies do for and with Mia on Halloween?
9. Why does Hank say he can stay at the motel even though he has fallen behind in his payments?
10. How does Mr. Yao handle Hank's refusal to leave?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the chain of events that are set off by the theft of Mr. Lorenz's car at the Calivista Motel affect Hank Caleb and eventually lead to him losing his job? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
Essay Topic 2
What does it mean to Mia to find out that her good friend Lupe, also the child of recent immigrants to America, also struggles with some of the same challenges that Mia and her family encounter? Write an essay explaining your answers.
Essay Topic 3
What does Mia learn about how the tensions and desperation of her parents' work and financial situations affects their marriage? Write an essay explaining your answers.
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