"The Path to Paper Son" and "Louie Share Kim, Paper Son"

1. Throughout the text, the author suggests that Chinese workers who came to the United States-

• came to buy land.

• would never return home.

• lived a life of luxury.

• looked for ways to bring their wives, children, and sometimes other children that were not their own.

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The author organizes the information in paragraphs 2 - 4 by-

• comparing and contrasting ideas.

• explaining a cause and effect situation.

• by persuading the reader to visit China.

• expressing an idea.

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The 1906 earthquake and fire are important to the selection because-

• it shows that people were able to rebuild San Francisco.

• with records destroyed, some Chinese could claim to be born in San Francisco, and now had the opportunity to claim that they had a wife and many sons in China.

• it explains why people moved back East.

• it killed many people.

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The reader can conclude that Louie Share Kim-

• disliked living with his real parents.

• had no idea why he was being sent to America.

• was probably scared to travel alone across the Pacific Ocean.

• didn't know he was a paper son.

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On page 25, what is the key idea of paragraph 6.

• Share Kim found out he had another son.

• Share Kim did not have a paper son.

• Share Kim's wife did not want to bring their children to America.

• It was now Share Kim's opportunity to bring a paper son.

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Why were many Chinese Americans afraid to talk about their immigration experience?

• The experiences were painful, and they were afraid to be discovered, and sent back to China.

• They wanted to forget their parents.

• They thought no one would believe them.

• They were afraid it would happen again.

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The top photograph on page 27 is included in the text to help the reader visualize-

• that the two boys were not related.

• how old the boys were.

• where the boys came from.

• where the picture was taken.

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How can you tell that the selections are informational text?

• The selections include photographs and actual dates.

• The selections are make-believe.

• The selections take place in a city.

• The selections involve a suspenseful event.

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What important detail is presented in both selections?

• There was a major earthquake and fire in 1906.

• Many Chinese were brought over as paper sons.

• Louie Share Kim comes to America as a paper son.

• The 14th Amendment to the Constitution established that anyone born in the United States is granted U.S. citizenship.

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What are the authors' purposes for writing these two selections?

• to entertain the reader with humorous events

• to describe the different job given to the Chinese

• to explain reasons why people left China

• to give information about how paper son came to exist

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