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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Father from China.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What part of Tang Ao's wardrobe is shaped like a bridge?
(a) hat
(b) tunic
(c) apron
(d) shoes

2. What is the meaning of the word hastening in the opening lines of "On Fathers"?
(a) stopping to tie shoe laces
(b) speeding up the pace of walking
(c) running quickly by
(d) slowing down the pace of walking

3. How long had Ed been away from China before he and MaMa were reunited in New York City?
(a) 2 years
(b) 10 years
(c) 15 years
(d) 5 years

4. Why does Kingston grow up thinking her Father hates girls and women?
(a) Father had a bad experience with his own mother that Kingston doesn't understand.
(b) Father would punish Kingston and her siblings by not speaking to them.
(c) Kingston has memories of her father cursing about gypsies that swindled him.
(d) Father wakes up screaming from nightmares at night.

5. How does the stranger respond to the children's mistake?
(a) He is speechless and ignores them altogether.
(b) He swats the children away from him as if they were flies.
(c) He gets angry and yells at Mother.
(d) He laughs and tells them they made a mistake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the Chinese wives most likely afraid of when their husbands left for Gold Mountain?

2. What does Ah Goong, BaBa's father, do with BaBa that horrifies the family?

3. Which details from the text imply that Father is a successful business man?

4. What do the women do to help stir the cool female winds inside Tang's body?

5. How do the women manage to capture Tang Ao?

(see the answer key)

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