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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Frank Jow sent a telegram to _______________, hoping it would give Leon enough time to come home for Leong's funeral.
(a) Osaka
(b) San Francisco
(c) Beijing
(d) New York

2. Who is the one who tends to throw punches when he is talked to in a less than respectful way?
(a) Dale
(b) Zeke
(c) Mason
(d) Leon

3. Who suggests going out to dinner, though Leila instantly recalls a time when they did so with less than positive results?
(a) Mah
(b) Leon
(c) Mason
(d) Zeke

4. When Fu leaves for __________, Mah learns the ropes and becomes his best worker.
(a) China
(b) Japan
(c) Africa
(d) Australia

5. What does Leila reveal to Leon about Nina's life, though she makes him promise not to tell Mah?
(a) Nina is moving to China
(b) Nina is coming home
(c) Nina is pregnant
(d) Nina has a boyfriend

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Leon want Mason to drive him, though he gets him lost along the way?

2. The man at the office tells Leila to __________________ to the headstone and that will make it to Leong.

3. In what city do Leila and her parents live during the course of this novel?

4. What has Mah stacked in a pagoda pattern on top of the television for Leon's arrival?

5. Zeke makes a rule about not taking __________ from friends.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Zeke so excited about when he pulls up in the white Mercedes where Mason works?

2. How does Nina propose to help Leila with the situation with Mah?

3. What did Leon have to do in order to gain entry into the United States, according to the story Leila has heard 90 times?

4. Why might other families in San Francisco's Chinatown think Leon's family is unlucky?

5. What do the girls do with the sqaubs when they eat them? What does Mah do with the waste?

6. What does Leila learn about Leon when she is making the rounds again of Leon's hangouts?

7. What were the rumors that the boys at Nina's school used to spread about her and her dating life?

8. Where is Leon living after the death of Ona which has made him not want to live with his wife?

9. What does Leon want to do with his newly received $25 from working in the kitchen at the lunch rush?

10. Why does Nina not necessarily share in the crush that Zeke has on her according to this chapter?

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