Grace and Grandma Comprehension Test

What is the genre of the story Grace and Grandma?

• biography

• realistic fiction

• historical fiction

• drama

What is the author’s purpose for writing this story?

• to entertain the reader with a fictional story

• to inform the reader about how to speak Chinese

• to persuade the reader to spend time with their grandma

• to inform the reader about a real person's life

What does Grandma mean when she uses the phrase, Spring Chicken?

• A new chick

• a young person

• a person who loves spring

• an old person

What does Grace's mom do for her job?

• teacher

• vet

• doctor

• Chinese tutor

What does Grandma say is the cure for the common cold?

• chicken noodle soup

• hot and sour soup

• Vitamin C

• medicine

What story elements are used in this story?

• paragraphs

• stanzas

• pictures and captions

• characters, dialogue, stage directions

What does it mean when Dad says that Grace turns into a storm cloud when she hears the word China?

• She is scared of storms.

• She stomps around and makes thunder noises

• She has a bad mood when China is mentioned

• Her face turns gray.

What does the odd question that Grandma Mei was asked during her interview at Angel Island?

• How many weeks was your voyage to America?

• Where will you live in America?

• Did you have your medical exam yet?

• How many windows were in your house in China?

Which scene has this setting? "It's Monday, one week later. Grace is outside her school at recess. She is talking to Wendi in the schoolyard."

• Scene 1

• Scene 2

• Scene 3

• Scene 4

What does the Chinese saying, Wan shi kai tou nan, mean?

• Better safe than sorry.

• All things are difficult before they are easy.

• Better late than never.

• All things come to those who wait.