"Friends of Kwan Ming" Quiz Review

Kwan Ming travels to the new world in order to:

• escape a war that is going on in China

• join the rest of his family

• find a job and earn money

Immigrants who traveled to the new world from China experienced all the following EXCEPT:

• low pay

• inhuman work hours (long and unfair work hours)

• immediate acceptance

When the innkeeper finds four jobs for Kwan Ming and his three friends, Kwan Ming:

• claims the best job for himself

• lets the innkeeper decide which job he should take

• lets his friends take the good jobs and accepts the worst job himself

Kwan Ming's boss turns out to be:

• cruel

• fair

• poor

The suit, boots, and loaves of bread that the friends make for Kwan Ming's boss cause the boss to:

• feel ashamed of the way he has treated Kwan Ming

• offer a job to each of the friends

• explode into many tiny pieces

Which statement best describes the way that the job opportunities in the new world compare with Kwan Ming's expectations?

• The opportunities fell short of his expectations.

• The opportunities are far better than his expectations.

• Kwan Ming had no expectations, so he is not disappointed or surprised.

As depicted in the story, Chinatown is a place where: Mark only one oval.

• people try to help each other

• people are suspicious of each other

• people ignore each other

By the end of the story, Kwan Ming is awarded for his: Mark only one oval.

• patience and unselfishness

• obedience and trustworthiness

• cleverness and resourcefulness

PADDY means:

• cautiously, carefully

• a field where rice is grown

• unwilling to give or spend, ungenerous, cheap

• a boy or man employed to undertake domestic duties

SHIP'S HOLD means:

• a space for carrying cargo on a ship

• lacking in quality or quantity

• cautiously, carefully

• a field where rice is grown