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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. Yao do to Mia's parents in Chapter 6 that upsets her parents?
(a) Tries to lessen the amount of money they will get for each room rented.
(b) Makes her parents give him their passports.
(c) Makes her parents pay for the rental insurance.
(d) Makes her parents fill out many forms.

2. Who hears Mia playing piano in Chapter 14?
(a) Jason.
(b) Mia's mother.
(c) Mrs. Douglas.
(d) Lupe.

3. What subject does Mia's mother want her to focus on?
(a) English.
(b) History.
(c) Science.
(d) Math.

4. Who is the police officer who investigates the car theft at the motel?
(a) Officer Yonker.
(b) Officer Philips.
(c) Officer Marshall.
(d) Officer Henley.

5. Why did Mia's mother get fired from the Chinese restaurant in Chapter 1?
(a) Mia's mother could not work because of a sore foot.
(b) Mia, trying to help her mother, dropped a tray of food.
(c) Mia got sick and her mother had to miss work to take care of her.
(d) Mia's mother asked for a raise.

6. What is the customer in Chapter 7 outraged about in his room, so much that he calls Mia as if it is an emergency?
(a) An old pizza box left in the room.
(b) A piece of dental floss in a trash can.
(c) A piece of wood on his bed.
(d) A rat he saw in the room.

7. What is the one item Mia's father and she are always looking for for her father's collection?
(a) A special Cross pen.
(b) A particular kind of spicy tea.
(c) A 1943 copper alloy penny.
(d) A Civil War stamp.

8. What do the kids in Mia's class do when the class learns about China?
(a) Make slanted eyes at her.
(b) Tease her about her traditional clothes.
(c) Wear red.
(d) Mock her accent.

9. What does Jason tell Mia he thinks was not a bad idea in Chapter 13?
(a) A scanner.
(b) A gun behind the desk.
(c) A laser system.
(d) A security camera.

10. What kind of tea did Mia's parents bring from China for special occasions?
(a) Jasmine tea.
(b) Earl Grey tea.
(c) Oolong tea.
(d) Black Forest tea.

11. What prize did Mia briefly get in fourth-grade that was almost immediately taken away?
(a) A new pack of markers.
(b) A glittery pencil.
(c) A flower.
(d) A special notebook that smelled like chocolate.

12. What does Mia see happening to Jason in Part I that makes her sympathetic to him?
(a) He gets robbed.
(b) He gets beaten up.
(c) He loses his phone.
(d) His mother berates him in front of his friends.

13. How does Uncle Ming pay for his car repairs in Part I?
(a) With food.
(b) With songs.
(c) With coupons.
(d) With homemade clothes.

14. Why does Mia say she does not want to participate in gym class?
(a) She hates sports.
(b) She does not have gym clothes.
(c) She does not have sneakers.
(d) She has a bad foot.

15. What important machine breaks in the hotel during Mia's family's first weeks there?
(a) The washing machine.
(b) The ice machine.
(c) The soda machine.
(d) The coffee machine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What analogy does Lupe use for the rich and poor in America?

2. Who told Lupe originally about her analogy she lets Mia in on for the rich and poor in Chapter 18?

3. What flowers does Jason give Mia in Chapter 22?

4. What does Mia tell Jason about her first day at the front desk?

5. What would Mia have liked to have told her class in Part I about herself?

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