The Writing on the Wall by Camille Dungy

According to the text, which of the following were reason for detaining an immigrant on Angel Island? Choose all that apply

• The immigrant was Chinese

• The immigrant was a woman

• The immigrant was in poor health

• The immigrant's papers were incorrect

Who wrote the poems etched into the walls of Angel Island?

• Bored Chinese Americans waiting to travel back to China

• Educated men among Chinese immigrants

• Well-known poets among the Chinese immigrants

• Angry Chinese politicians

Which of the following factors made it difficult for people to find the poems on the walls of Angel Island? Choose all that apply

• The barracks were deserted for years

• The walls were painted over

• The buildings became derelict

• The detentions center was preserved

Why did people decide to preserve the poems on the walls of the detention center?

• The poems are great examples of Chinese literature

• The poems document the experiences of hundreds of immigrants

• The poems record the history of the Angel Island detention center

• The poems describe what it was like to be a Chinese American in the early 1900s

Which is the feeling most often expressed by the poets?

• anger

• regret

• dismay

• loneliness

If an immigrant can be said to keep a memento from a place, which of the following must be true?

• He or she would not want to go back there again

• He or she would want to send it back to that place

• He or she would not want to forget having been there

• He or she would want to share it with many other people

If an immigrant can be said to have composed a poem, which of the following must be true?

• He or she read it out loud to an audience

• He or she drew upon personal thoughts or feelings to create it

• He or she used a variety of tools to carve it into a wall

• He or she repeated verses that had been memorized in the past

If a poem can be said to have been inscribed, which of the following must be true?

• It had to be memorized and recited out loud

• It had to be recorded in some way on a surface

• It had to be another poem from another century

• It had to be a Chinese symbol for a word or sound

Which of the following statements best expresses the author's opinion of the poems discovered at Angel Island?

• The poems are well written and use sophisticated techniques

• The style of the poems is too old-fashioned, but the imagery is beautiful

• The ideas and feelings explored in the poems are interesting, but the poems are not well written

• The poems are artifacts that reveal the history of Angel Island

How did the men who wrote poems on the walls of the Angel Island Immigration Station feel about who and what they had left behind them in China?

• They were glad to have served ties to their former lives

• They were eager to return to China and to their previous situations

• They were saddened by memories of their lives in China

• They were cheered by knowing that people from China were counting on them