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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 do the women do to help stir the cool female winds inside Tang's body?
(a) make Tang sit in the rain and wind
(b) giveTang tea with white chrysanthemums
(c) unwrap the bindings from Tang's feet
(d) make Tang wash the bandages used to bind his feet

2. Who is the narrator in this chapter?
(a) the stranger
(b) the author
(c) the father
(d) the mother

3. What does Ah Po show BaBa's brothers to explain that he is different from them?
(a) BaBa was the largest boy born so far in the family.
(b) BaBa's hair was a different color than theirs.
(c) BaBa's skinny, frail body had hands made for holding pens.
(d) BaBa's head was shaped differently than theirs.

4. How do the women manage to capture Tang Ao?
(a) The women kneeled to take off his shoes.
(b) Tang Ao is not on guard against ladies.
(c) The women tackle him and tie his hands together.
(d) The women use weapons to make him come along.

5. What does a Chinese bride do for three nights before she marries?
(a) She listens to the prayers of women in the village.
(b) She sits behind bed curtains to sing and weep.
(c) She hides from her groom-to-be and his family.
(d) She prepares three thousand wedding cakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the two old women do to Tang Ao with the needles?

2. Which best describes the setting of "On Fathers"?

3. What is Tang Ao doing when he meets the Queen?

4. How does the stranger respond to the children's mistake?

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

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