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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. ___________ is a good mechanic and is thinking of setting up his own business with his oldest friend.
(a) Leon
(b) Mason
(c) Zeke
(d) Dale

2. Where do Leila and Mason find Leon, though he is shocked to see them there?
(a) Diner
(b) Bar
(c) Bus stop
(d) Grocery store

3. Mason warns Leila that if ___________ is not home, he will stay no more than half an hour.
(a) Leon
(b) Mah
(c) Aunt Lily
(d) Nina

4. What does Leon threaten to do when Mah calls him useless after he puts only half the lights up at the store?
(a) Leave her forever
(b) Jump off the Golden Gate
(c) Jump off the Brooklyn Bridge
(d) Take Ona's ashes away

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tells Leon that he cannot go into the place where he wants to go?

2. _____________ holds that the suicide was Ona's choice, and not from any other cause.

3. Mason says that __________ is too much like Leon, keeping everything, remembering everything.

4. Where does Mason help out by installing the rest of the fluorescent lights that Leon did not complete?

5. What is the one fact of Leon's life that he cannot document with any certainty because of so many aliases?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Nina decide to quit her past job as a flight attendant, according to the story?

2. What is the one thing that Leon can not document when he is at the Social Security office because he has had so many aliases?

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

4. What has Leon done to the light he has invented, which Leila turns on when she notices Mah?

5. Why does Leon let Leila take him to him to sign up for Social Security at the start of this chapter?

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

7. Why is Mason in a bad mood when he and Leila go to pick up Leon in Vallejo?

8. Who is You Thin Toy, Leila's favorite of all of Leon's fleabag friends?

9. Why is Lynette Yee getting upset with Leila and her actions at this point of the story?

10. What are some of the obstacles that are standing in the way of Leon when he goes to visit the cemetery?

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