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

2. Who are the children referring to when they call out, "BaBa!"?
(a) their father
(b) their mother
(c) their grandparents
(d) the stranger

3. What is the last thing the women do to prepare Tang to meet the queen?
(a) powder Tang's face and put makeup on him
(b) pierce Tang's ears
(c) feed Tang chicken wings to make his hair shine
(d) force Tang to wash his used bandages

4. Which of the following is an example of figurative language?
(a) His good leather shoes with the wingtips
(b) He took our hands out of his pockets.
(c) We jumped off the fence.
(d) man wears our father's two-hundred dollar suit.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How do Ed's partners swindle him out of the business?

4. Who is the narrator in this chapter?

5. What reason is given for torturing Tang Ao?

(see the answer key)

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