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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mason assign Nina to do in order to prevent a fight between the two sisters from getting too heated?
(a) Apologize
(b) Buy flowers
(c) Pick up Ona's ashes
(d) Go back home

2. What is the name of the television show that Leon and Mah and the girls used to watch sometimes during dinner?
(a) Honeymooners
(b) They didn't watch TV
(c) I Love Lucy
(d) Leave It to Beaver

3. Seeing ____________ reminds Leon of every defeat he has ever suffered, so he yells at Ona every night.
(a) Ona
(b) Leila
(c) Osvaldo
(d) Mah

4. Ona makes ___________ real in their lives and talking helps them deal with this.
(a) Bad luck
(b) Sadness
(c) Pain
(d) Death

5. Mah rouses the girls to get ready for Leon to come home and she goes out to ______________.
(a) Buy a meal
(b) Sleep with Tommie
(c) Work
(d) Have her hair done

6. Leila cannot keep up with Mah as Mah knows ____________ as a doctor knows bones.
(a) Fabrics
(b) Patterns
(c) Seams
(d) Measurements

7. ____________ does not offer to come to the home in Chinatown immediately when called.
(a) Nina
(b) Osvaldo
(c) Leila
(d) Leon

8. Always watching for business opportunities, Leon talks ___________ into running L.L. Grocery.
(a) Nina
(b) Mason
(c) Leila
(d) Mah

9. What is Leila preparing for when she spreads out pieces of a bulletin board in the living room?
(a) Meeting
(b) Open house
(c) New school year
(d) Science Fair

10. Leila is removing _____________ when Leon arrives home from his trip on the seas.
(a) Her apron
(b) Crooked stitches
(c) Dirty dishes
(d) Stains from her dress

11. What is Mason going to do on Thursday in order to help Leon be ready for the funeral?
(a) Bring him to the cemetery
(b) Fix his car
(c) Cut his hair
(d) Take him clothes shopping

12. Born and raised in Chinatown, ___________ is sometimes proud of this heritage and sometimes not.
(a) Leila
(b) Mason
(c) Leon
(d) Mah

13. Nina complains that ____________ is not doing her share of the work at the laundry business.
(a) Mah
(b) Leila
(c) Eva
(d) Ona

14. What is a fourth grader doing during the day of Ona's death which reminds Lelia of Ona?
(a) Smiling
(b) Hiding
(c) Crying
(d) Jumping rope

15. Leon wants to talk about _________ and about how much he loves her after the suicide.
(a) Nina
(b) Leila
(c) Mah
(d) Ona

Short Answer Questions

1. Who suggests a simple gathering after the cremation of Ona in order to mourn her death?

2. Ten-year-old ___________ does the most in order to get Leon to come back home to be a family.

3. Leon could leave Mah at any time, but he tries to find a ____________, like his buddies.

4. Leon has told Leila how he is ___________ away his life and losing his dream.

5. Who comes to the house, bringing comfort food and giving advice to the grieving family members?

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