"White Tigers" from The Woman Warrior

The tale of Fa Mulan in "White Tigers" is an example of a...

• Talk story

• Memoir

• Ballad

• Realist short story

What is the central tension that Kingston introduces at the beginning of "White Tigers"

• While Kingston wants to keep her Chinese heritage, she finds Chinese culture to be sexist

• While her mother tells her she must grow up to be a wife and a slave, she tells her stories of female empowerment

• While her mother tells her that the story of Fa Mulan is talk story, Kingston sets out to prove its historical accuracy

• While Kingston rejects assimilation in America, Fa Mulan assimilates to life on the mythical "Gold Mountain"

What is NOT an obstacle that the girl on the mountain must overcome?

• Hunting the rabbit to cook it

• Learning to be still

• Learning to run with the deer

• Living off of roots and nuts for three days

Who are the old man and woman?

• The girl's grandparents

• Demons

• A kind old couple that adopted the girl when she was orphaned

• An immortal god and goddess

Whose wedding does the girl see in the water gourd?

• Her parents' wedding in the past

• The wedding of the old man and the old woman

• Her own wedding that is happening without her present

• Her own wedding in the future

TRUE or FALSE: When the men are called away to war, the girl decides to go fight in the war immediately, even though her training is not finished.

• True

• False

Why do the girl's parents give her gifts?

• For her wedding

• To prepare for her to fight in the war

• To make up for the time she spent away from them

• To pass on her inheritance

In this version of Fa Mulan, Mulan pretends to be a man when she goes to war.

• True

• False

Who is Mulan fighting in this version of the story? (Choose all that apply)

• The Emperor

• The Huns

• The Baron

• None of these

Does Mulan give up being a warrior to become a mother?

• Yes, she gives up being a warrior

• No, she gives up becoming a mother

• No, in this version she's able to do both

• Yes, because no one wants to marry her