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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What has Leon taken apart in order to fix it and to give it back to Mah as a present?
(a) Radio
(b) Piano
(c) Car
(d) Singer sewing machine
2. What does Leila decide to do when Mason goes off to work after they party?
(a) Grade papers
(b) Find Leon
(c) Take a hot bath
(d) Go for a swim
3. Leon wants to blame someone for the suicide of Ona, so he blames _______________.
(a) Himself
(b) America
(c) Mason
(d) Mah
4. Leila is bothered when she hears from _____________ that Leon fell asleep during a chess game.
(a) Mah
(b) Mason
(c) Nina
(d) A teacher's aide
5. Leila remembers thanking the ______________ for offering her some time off.
(a) Police
(b) Teacher's aide
(c) Principal
(d) School board
Short Answer Questions
1. Ten-year-old ___________ does the most in order to get Leon to come back home to be a family.
2. Ona makes ___________ real in their lives and talking helps them deal with this.
3. What is the celebration which is taking place all too soon after the death of Ona?
4. What is Leila preparing for when she spreads out pieces of a bulletin board in the living room?
5. Leon wonders whether Ona was _________ or whether she was given drugs to cause her to jump.
Short Essay Questions
1. What does a teacher's aide tell Leila about Leon after he walks out on Mah during a discussion about Ona's ashes?
2. Why does Leon want to have a fancy Chinese wake for Ona after her suicide, though Nina suggests a simple cremation?
3. What does Mah do when Nina decides to bring the urn with Ona's ashes to Baby Clothes?
4. What does Mah say about the affair she had and whether she wants to get back together with Leon?
5. To what does Leila compare the feeling of time rushing forward and then snapping still?
6. After Mah finds a new job at Ching's, Leon goes away to a trip on the sea to Australia. What happens to Mah's job when he is away?
7. What are some of the things Leila does that makes Mason feel bothered, according to this chapter?
8. What do the sewing ladies do for Mah and the rest of the family after the death of Ona?
9. Why did Mah and Leon get married in the first place, according to the both of them?
10. What does Mah want to do in order to prepare herself for the homecoming of Leon?
This section contains 627 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) |
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