1. What does Kingston hear from her schoolmates that makes her long to be normal?
(a) Children speak of being spanked and being kissed goodnight
(b) Kingston must walk home with her huge uncle everyday.
(c) The other children speak of family members saying, "I love you."
(d) Kingston's schoolmates make fun of her clothes.

2. What makes the author afraid to name the village in China where her family lives?
(a) Kingston's mother insists she did not reveal their secret.
(b) Tourists of the United States are listed as missing in newspapers
(c) stories of Communist arresting family member of immigrants
(d) Kingston's uncle threatens to kill her nephew if she does.

3. How does great grandfather Bak Goong break the rules of silence while working in Sandalwood Mountain?
(a) Bak Goong deliberately sings in front of the masters.
(b) Bak Goong talks quietly to himself.
(c) Bak Goong coughs out Chinese words the masters cannot understand.
(d) Bak Goong sends written notes to other workers.

4. Which best describes the author when she sends money to her cousin in China?
(a) an adult in California
(b) an adult in China
(c) a child in China
(d) a child in California

5. What is the significance of the court case, Chae Chan Ping v. The United States?
(a) This is the first case of a Chinese fighting against the Chinese Exclusion Acts.
(b) This is the first case to address the issue of Sojourners.
(c) Congressmen call for the United States to be made up of a limited amount of elderly Chinese people.
(d) This case adds one year of hard labor for illegal Chinese immigrants before being deported.