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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) giveTang tea with white chrysanthemums
(b) unwrap the bindings from Tang's feet
(c) make Tang sit in the rain and wind
(d) make Tang wash the bandages used to bind his feet

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is an example of figurative language?

3. What is the procedure that the women are using on Tang's feet called?

4. Which is an example from the text of sensory details?

5. Which two islands does Kingston suggest her father had gone to before entering America?

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