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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. Mason suggests Leila tell Mah she will move into his new place in the _____________.
(a) East Bay
(b) Mission
(c) Pacific Grove
(d) South

2. Mah admits her ___________ and says that she wants to be a family again with Leon.
(a) Abortion
(b) Innocence
(c) Guilt
(d) Multiple affairs

3. Leon wonders whether Ona was _________ or whether she was given drugs to cause her to jump.
(a) Crazy
(b) Not the girl who fell
(c) Pushed
(d) Still alive

4. What is the word that Luday keeps repeating to Mah which helps her to feel calmer?
(a) Unity
(b) Peace
(c) Completion
(d) Redemption

5. What brings Leon home tanned, relaxed, and bearing gifts for the family?
(a) Yellow taxi
(b) Train
(c) Bike
(d) Bus

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the sewing ladies listen to during their breaks at the sweatshop?

2. Tommie was a nervous wreck as he watched the sewing ladies on long ___________ breaks.

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

4. When the recess bell rings and Leila can have a few moments to herself, where does she go?

5. Nina complains that ____________ is not doing her share of the work at the laundry business.

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. What has Leila prepared for the afternoon art class in the classroom where she is teaching?

3. What are the Confucian virtues, according to the start of this chapter?

4. What are some of the things Leila does that makes Mason feel bothered, according to this chapter?

5. Why does Leon want to have a fancy Chinese wake for Ona after her suicide, though Nina suggests a simple cremation?

6. Things have changed after the affair. What are Leon and Mah like after the affair with Tommie Hom?

7. Why do the women at the factory work night and day, pushing themselves to sew?

8. What is the argument between Leon and Mah regarding the ashes of Ona after her death?

9. What does Leila recall about a bathroom stall where she goes after hearing the news about the suicide of Ona?

10. What is the advice that Soon-ping, a sewing lady, gives to Mah after the death of Ona?

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