Kai's Journey to Gold Mountain

Which BEST describes why the author wrote Kai's Journey to Gold Mountain?

• to tell about a trip from China to the US

• to show how the guard were at Angel Island

• to explain what life was like in San Francisco

• to describe the experience immigrants from China had trying to come to the United States

What is Kai's MAIN problem in the story?

• He misses his mother's porridge

• He does not know how to play basketball

• He is afraid he will never get to his father

• He can't sleep in the new place because of all the noise

How do Kai and Young spend most of the first morning on the island?

• eating watery rice

• watching a basketball game

• playing cards

• standing in line

Why does the author compare some of the men on the island to "caged tigers"? PICK 2 OF THE FOLLOWING

• they feel trapped and angry

• they are strong

• they can move quickly

• fierce and hungry

What did Kai DISLIKE MOST about living on the island?

• noisy people

• scratchy opera

• endless waiting

• early bedtime

Why does the old man below Kai on the bunk write on the wall?

• He wants to be a writer

• He wants to go home

• He misses the outdoors

• He is expressing his feelings

How do you know that Kai's Journey is historical fiction?

• tells a story about a real time and place

• gives facts

• it has stages directions and is divided into scenes

• it is written to teach a lesson

When Kai leaves, why doesn't Young look at him?

• he is busy watching a basketball game

• He is jealous of Kai's fancy gray suit.

• He thinks Kai should have to stay at Angel Island

• He know he will miss Kai very much

Kai shows bravery by.......

• eating the watery rice

• sleeping in a bunk

• standing up for what he believed during his interrogation

• being friends with Young

What is the setting of the story?

• Chinatown

• Angel Island

• Plum Island

• Los Angeles