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

2. Which is an example from the text of sensory details?
(a) mother came out of the house
(b) noses against his coat to sniff his tobacco smell
(c) gold coins that were really chocolate
(d) watched the man walk away

3. What were the Chinese wives most likely afraid of when their husbands left for Gold Mountain?
(a) that their husbands would return broke and broken
(b) that their husbands would settle in America with new wives
(c) that their husbands will get harmed by bandits while still in China
(d) that their husbands might bring back a new wife

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

5. What is the procedure that the women are using on Tang's feet called?
(a) bandaging
(b) swaddling
(c) footbinding
(d) streaming

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How might Kingston's father's life have been different had he passed the Imperial Examinations with honors?

3. What was used first to keep the holes open in Tang Ao's earlobes?

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

5. How does Father acknowledge that he recognizes the children?

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