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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 and his team get for winning the math competition in Chapter 32?
2. Who gives Mia a dictionary/thesaurus to borrow?
3. What is one reason Mia has a hard time with tenses in English?
4. Why does Hank say he has the right to stay at the Calivista even though he cannot pay the rent in Chapter 30?
5. Who runs after the thieves in Chapter 41?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is a thirty-day special?
2. In Chapter 34, what does Mia's father buy her and what does he tell her when he does?
3. Why does Uncle Fung get fired from his job?
4. Why does Mia briefly stand in front of a mirror with a banana peel on her head?
5. Who stands up for Mia's family in the emergency room?
6. How do Mia's parents try to repay Hank for his help after the attack on Mia's mother?
7. How does Mia help Uncle Zhang with his problem with his employer?
8. What does Uncle Zhang tell Mia and her parents he took a loan from a loan shark?
9. Why does Hank say he can stay at the motel even though he has fallen behind in his payments?
10. What do the weeklies do for and with Mia on Halloween?
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
What do readers learn from Yang's extensive Author's Note at the end of this novel? How does reading the Author's Note potentially affect a reader's understanding of the novel and some of its major themes? Write an essay explaining your answers, citing specific references to the text to help support your conclusions.
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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