1. How does the wife that great grandfather Bak Sook Goong takes back to China affect Kingston's heritage?
(a) The new wife has no affect on Kingston's heritage.
(b) The new wife's children start the line of Hawaiian-Chinese family members.
(c) The new wife insists on returning to Hawaii with the rest of the family, removing them from China for good.
(d) The new wife refuses to blend with Bak Sook Goong's other wives, causing the first divorce in her family.

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

3. From what point of view is "On Fathers" written?
(a) third-person limited
(b) first-person narrative
(c) third--person omniscient
(d) first-person observer

4. How might Kingston's father's life have been different had he passed the Imperial Examinations with honors?
(a) Kingston's father may have traveled the world in luxury.
(b) Kingston's father may not have come to Gold Mountain.
(c) Kingston's father may have married an American woman.
(d) Kingston's father may not have had to work a single day in his life.

5. 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