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"Paper Menagerie" Review

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word best describes Jack's attitude toward his Mom when he was younger (teenager) in "The Paper Menagerie"?

a)

Accepting

b)

Fascinated

c)

Resentful

d)

Afraid

2.

When Jack feels that he does not fit in because he owns only origami animals instead of toys, his Dad...

a)

buys him Star Wars toys

b)

tells him to respect his Mom's culture

3.

Jack was born in the year of the...

a)

Goat

b)

Deer

c)

Tiger

d)

Pig

4.

The Paper Menagerie is set in...

a)

New Jersey

b)

Orlando

c)

Seattle

d)

Connecticut

5.

As a child and young teenager, Jack's mother did what to support herself financially?

a)

Sold food in the market

b)

Sold homemade origami animals

c)

Was a live-in nanny for a rich family

d)

Worked in a factory

6.

How did Jack's mother escape the poverty and famine in China?

a)

She worked for the government

b)

She secretly boarded a ship

c)

She enrolled in an international dating service

d)

She saved enough money to take a flight to the U.S.

7.

The neighbor women visit Jack's family's house. Their attitude toward Jack and his mother is...

a)

accepting

b)

welcoming

c)

judgmental

d)

afraid

8.

The boy rejects his mother ___________________________.

a)

when Mark gets mad at him for breaking his Star Wars action figure.

b)

when Mark makes his life miserable at school and makes fun of him.

c)

when the ladies arrived at their new house.

d)

when the father doesn't understand his mother.

9.

His mother made each of his animals magically come to life. What did she do to make that happen?

a)

She blew on them.

b)

She used many pieces of paper.

c)

She told him stories about each one.

d)

She gave each one a special name.

10.

Who translates Mom's letter to Jack?

a)

A stranger

b)

His cousin Jimmy

c)

Jack, himself, is able to translate it.

d)

Mom

11.

The narrator of the story is __________________.

a)

the father

b)

the mother

c)

the son

d)

the author

12.

Originally, why does his mother show him how to make origami animals?

a)

He was bored.

b)

He was upset and crying.

c)

He asked about all of the wrapping paper.

d)

His mother wanted to pass on her culture.