The Distant Land of My Father Test | Final Test - Medium

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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. What does Anna write in response to Joseph, according to this section of the book?
(a) A telegram.
(b) A letter.
(c) A postcard.
(d) Nothing.

2. What office has frozen the assets of Joseph, according to the book?
(a) Army.
(b) Internal Revenue Service.
(c) Immigration.
(d) Office of Price Administration.

3. What do Anna and Genevieve soon learn about the condition of Genevieve?
(a) She has leukemia.
(b) She has arthritis.
(c) She is healthy for her age.
(d) She has dementia.

4. Joseph is accused of being a _________ and is held in a cell for three weeks without any questioning or charges.
(a) Spy.
(b) Informant.
(c) Leader.
(d) Criminal.

5. What does Joseph send to Anna as a gift on her seventeenth birthday?
(a) Pearl earrings.
(b) Money.
(c) Gold necklace.
(d) Book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Genevieve learns from the ____________ that Joseph has been taken a prisoner in March, 1943.

2. What does Joseph decide to buy in response to the guerrilla activity going on in the city?

3. Where does Anna's mother eventually die after being hospitalized several more times?

4. In what city do Anna and her husband live, close to her family?

5. ___________ has begun to take place in China, causing more conflict in the area and more troubles for those living there.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Genevieve tell Anna about when she calls her in January 1954?

2. What does Joseph learn about his finances on New Year's Day 1949?

3. What does Joseph find when he returns to his office on Yuen Thing Yuen Road?

4. What doesn't Anna talk about as a part of her social life in South Pasadena?

5. What does Joseph end up telling Anna about the reason why they will not be living together in Shanghai?

6. What happens when Joseph opens the house on Hungjoa during this part of the story?

7. What does Anna tell Jack on the day of her 25th birthday?

8. What does Joseph do when the government orders him to leave Hong Kong?

9. Where do Jack and Anna live once they are married after she graduates from college?

10. What does Genevieve tell Anna about her father when they learn he will be coming home?

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