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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 metaphor does Tang use to compare his bandages hanging to dry?
(a) like a moth's wings
(b) gathered his toes over and under another
(c) streamers that drooped and draped wall to wall
(d) like underwear

2. What reason is given for torturing Tang Ao?
(a) to make him look like a woman
(b) to prepare Tang to meet the queen
(c) to punish him for coming to the Land of Women
(d) to teach him a lesson about respecting women

3. Who is the author speaking or writing to in the beginning of "The Father from China"?
(a) her siblings
(b) her father
(c) her mother
(d) her readers

4. Which two islands does Kingston suggest her father had gone to before entering America?
(a) Hawaii and Cuba
(b) Ellis Island and Cuba
(c) Angel Island and Cuba
(d) Angel Island and Ellis Island

5. Where do Ed and MaMa go after Ed is ousted from the laundry business?
(a) to Long Island
(b) to Alaska
(c) to the movies
(d) to California

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the children reach into the man's pockets?

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

3. What is the last thing the women do to prepare Tang to meet the queen?

4. How long had Ed been away from China before he and MaMa were reunited in New York City?

5. What is the simile "like a knot of ginger root" referring to?

(see the answer key)

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