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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 does Jason start making fun of Mia for in Chapter 29?

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

3. Why does Mia not tell her father about her plan to win the essay contest in Chapter 31?

4. What does Mia's father say he is thankful for on Thanksgiving?

5. What does Lupe say she will do for Mia in Chapter 41?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Hank lose his job?

2. What is a thirty-day special?

3. How does Mia's mother get hurt in Chapter 41?

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

5. What happens to Mia's family when they take her mother to the emergency room?

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

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

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

9. What is one idea Mia has to make money in Chapter 28?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Mia's mother tell her she is a bicycle and the American-born students in her class are cars when Mia expresses an interest in the subject of English over math? How does Mia feel hearing her mother's words? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 2

How does Jason's behavior at the end of the book, when he tells Mia his father is bluffing about having another buyer for the motel, surprise Mia, redeem Jason in her eyes, and save Mia's family from making a terrible, irreversible mistake? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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