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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Mason find to be too Chinesey, according to the recollection of Leila in this chapter?
(a) Gambling
(b) Ginseng
(c) The food
(d) Mah's store
2. When the S.S. Independent docks, ____________ has cleaned the house, helped sew a dozen culottes, and heated lunch.
(a) Mah
(b) Nina
(c) Ona
(d) Leila
3. What does Leila decide to do when Mason goes off to work after they party?
(a) Find Leon
(b) Go for a swim
(c) Take a hot bath
(d) Grade papers
4. The early years of Salmon Alley are a time of getting along by the ____________ virtues of loyalty, endurance, and hope.
(a) Confucian
(b) Simple
(c) Christian
(d) Japanese
5. When the recess bell rings and Leila can have a few moments to herself, where does she go?
(a) Teacher's lounge
(b) Outside
(c) Bathroom
(d) Closet
6. Mah rouses the girls to get ready for Leon to come home and she goes out to ______________.
(a) Buy a meal
(b) Work
(c) Have her hair done
(d) Sleep with Tommie
7. Who comes to the house, bringing comfort food and giving advice to the grieving family members?
(a) Ovscaldo
(b) Sewing ladies
(c) Mason
(d) Church ladies
8. Mah has no time for lunch and shows Leila how to install _____________ in the design.
(a) Zippers
(b) Heels
(c) Hems
(d) Pockets
9. Leila remembers thanking the ______________ for offering her some time off.
(a) School board
(b) Principal
(c) Police
(d) Teacher's aide
10. What is a fourth grader doing during the day of Ona's death which reminds Lelia of Ona?
(a) Hiding
(b) Smiling
(c) Jumping rope
(d) Crying
11. What does Leon do after his big meal as things have been let go while he was at sea?
(a) Plays the piano
(b) Paints the outside of the house
(c) Prays
(d) Fixes things
12. What has Leon taken apart in order to fix it and to give it back to Mah as a present?
(a) Singer sewing machine
(b) Piano
(c) Car
(d) Radio
13. Where does Leila find Leon in order to tell him to meet Mason at 4:00 pm?
(a) Universal
(b) On a boat
(c) Wharf
(d) In his car
14. Leon could leave Mah at any time, but he tries to find a ____________, like his buddies.
(a) Lucky break
(b) New business
(c) Land job
(d) Steady sea assignment
15. Leon and Mah ______________ everywhere and about anything after the death of Ona.
(a) Ignore each other
(b) Whisper
(c) Fight
(d) Cry
Short Answer Questions
1. What is Leila preparing for when she spreads out pieces of a bulletin board in the living room?
2. Leon wants to blame someone for the suicide of Ona, so he blames _______________.
3. Leon wonders whether Ona was _________ or whether she was given drugs to cause her to jump.
4. Leon begins to drop by Mah's home more often to ____________.
5. Leon's speaking ___________ makes Leila nervous as he paces back and forth.
This section contains 456 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |
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