MK( Missionary kid) By Jean Fritz

What does the narrator of “MK” mean when she says, “we wouldn't be MKs or even Ks forever”?

• Their parents would not be missionaries forever.
• The missionaries would not be in China forever.
• They would not always be missionaries' children or even children.
• They would not be missionaries' children once they were in America.

When she is living in Wuhan, the narrator of “MK” suggests that she does not identify with China or its people. Which statement expresses that suggestion?

• Her family depends on a German family for phone calls.
• All American women and children have to leave Wuhan for Shanghai.
• Her family will return to America after she finishes seventh grade.
• The fighting Chinese warlords have nothing to do with her.

Use context clues in this sentence from “MK” to choose the correct meaning of emergency.     Since we had no phone, we depended on our German neighbors for emergency messages.

• coded
• unexpected
• social
• foreign

Why does the narrator of “MK” turn to her book about Priscilla Alden so often?

• She likes to read about another newcomer to America.
• Priscilla Alden was also the daughter of missionaries.
• It is her father's favorite book.
• Priscilla Alden also lived in China.

What happens in “MK” just after the narrator's mother learns that the British school in Wuhan has closed?

• Her family makes plans to return to America.
• She and her mother remain with the Barretts.
• Her mother enrolls her in the Shanghai American School.
• Fletcher Barrett enrolls in the British school in Wuhan.

What does the narrator of “MK” realize when she first enters the grounds of the Shanghai American School?

• The British school in Wuhan is more American than the Shanghai school.
• The Shanghai American School is just like the British school in Wuhan.
• She does not feel any more like an American than she had in Wuhan.
• She will never feel like an American as long as she is in China.

In “MK,” what do the students at the Shanghai American School do at their dances?

• They dance with each other.
• They talk to their teachers.
• They talk to each other.
• They cut each other's hair.

What happens in “MK” just before the narrator's parents tell her they are going to America?

• She learns to dance.
• She decides to fall in love.
• She decides to become a writer.
• She realizes she is a wallflower.

Use context clues in this passage from “MK” to choose the symptom that is characteristic of seasickness.
Passengers spent most of their time in their cabins. If they came out for a meal, they were lucky if they could get it down before it came back up again. I had my share of seasickness, so of course I was glad to reach San Francisco.

• headaches
• tiredness
• hunger
• vomiting

What do the context clues in this passage from “MK” suggest about the meaning of lurched?
I couldn't wait to take my first steps on American soil, but I expected the American soil to hold still for me. Instead, it swayed as if we were all still at sea, and I lurched about as I had been doing for the last three weeks.

• ran quickly
• walked unsteadily
• stopped suddenly
• turned slowly