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WorksheetsGinger for the Heart
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
Where does the story "Ginger for the Heart" take place?
Florida
California
China
Japan
Why does the young man go to Yenna's store often?
Because he has many clothes to fix.
Because he needs a job.
Because he loves Yenna.
Because Yenna's parents give him food.
Why did the young man have to go to the gold fields?
To make money.
To meet his girlfriend.
To go to university.
To be with his family.
What does Yenna give to the young man before he leaves?
Money.
Rice.
Ginger.
Shoes.
The ginger is a symbol. What does the ginger represent?
Friendship
Love
Happiness
Money
There is another symbol in this story. It is a symbol of love. Which one represents love?
The sun shining in the tower window.
The gold in the fields.
The butterfly buttons.
The lamp burning in the window.
When they are working together, Yenna and her mother ___.
sing
argue
make jokes
work quietly
Why did Yenna's mother die?
Because she was very old.
Because of the war.
Because of the epidemic.
Because she fell from the tower.
What problem does Yenna's father have?
He doesn't speak English.
He can't see because he is blind.
He can't walk because he is old.
He doesn't have any money.
After _____, the young man returned to Yenna's store.
many years
many weeks
many days
many months
Why is the ginger wet when the young man returns?
It is wet with sweat and tears from crying.
It is wet because he dropped it in the river.
It is wet because he put it in his tea every day.
The story does not explain why it was wet.
In the story, the young man is angry because Yenna....
refuses to leave her father.
does not love him anymore.
never wrote him any letters.
gets married to another man.
The young man says "A man does not live in his wife's house!" We can infer that......
in Chinese culture, the wife must live in her husband's house.
the young man doesn't really love Yenna.
in Chinese culture, married people must buy a new house.
the young man has become angry and bitter.
The young man is angry, so he _____.
throws the ginger out of the tower window.
yells at Yenna's father and then leaves.
throws the ginger into the fire.
gets in a fight with Yenna's father.
Why didn't the ginger burn?
Because it was wet.
Because it was old.
Because it was removed from the fire quickly.
The story does not explain why it didn't burn.
In the end, Yenna _____.
moves to Canada alone.
says good-bye to the young man forever.
gets very sick and dies from the epidemic.
gets married to the young man.
Vocabulary: This is a person who fixes clothing.
miner
merchant
suitor
tailor
Vocabulary: This is a food.
ginger
garments
tower
debt
Vocabulary: The _____ are working in the _____.
miners / gold field
merchants / epidemic
miners / tower
merchants / craftsmanship
Vocabulary: I have _____. I owe $1000 to the bank.
tower
debt
ginger
garment
