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Worksheets"Queen Mother of the Western Skies" Quiz
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 5mins
Why does Waverly Jong want to go to China?
She wants to be among other people who look like her.
She wants to escape the boredom of San Francisco.
She wants to go to please her mother.
She wants to go there for her second honeymoon.
Why does Waverly especially want to be Chinese?
because she enjoys her heritage
because it is so fashionable
because she is marrying a Chinese man
because she wants her daughter to also be Chinese
Why could Lindo’s children not have American circumstances and Chinese character?
because the two things do not mix
because they have minds of their own
because they have American character and Chinese circumstances instead
because God willed it not to be so
Who first taught Lindo about America?
a concubine
a Chinese actor
her husband
an American-raised Chinese girl in Peking
What kind of job did Lindo get in the cookie factory?
She got a job in a shop.
She got a job driving a taxi.
She got a job forming Chinese fortune cookies out of hot dough.
She got a job as a waitress in a Chinese restaurant.
What was the fortune inside the cookie that Lindo gave to Tin?
“Hi Handsome!”
“A house is not home when a spouse is not at home.”
“I am lonely and available.”
"If such thoughts are in your head, it's time to be wed."
Why does Waverly like the fact that she and her mother have crooked noses?
just because she likes to look like her mother
because she likes to look different
because she thinks they make her and her mother look devious or two-faced
just because it is their only flaw
At the end of the story, what is Lindo wondering about?
She is wondering what she has lost in coming to America and what she has
gotten back in return.
She is wondering who her daughter will marry next.
She is wondering how much it will cost to find a husband for her daughter.
She is wondering what’s for dinner.
Why does Jing-mei feel different as her train leaves the Hong Kong border and
enters Shenzhen, China?
because she is becoming Chinese
because she can no longer speak the dialect of the region she is in
because her mother always talked about crossing that border
because the air is somewhat lighter in Shenzhen
Where is Jing-mei meeting her two half-sisters?
She is meeting them in Shanghai.
She is meeting them in Oakland.
She is meeting them in Canton.
She is meeting them in Kweilin.
How did the half-sisters learn that their mother was dead?
They learned that their mother was dead when Auntie Lindo wrote a letter to them
as Jing-mei asked her to do.
Somehow they just knew.
Jing-mei phoned them weeks before her visit to China.
Jing-mei’s father secretly wrote to them so that they wouldn’t have false
expectations.
How did Jing-mei learn the details of what happened to her half-sisters?
from her father
from her mother’s journals
from Auntie Lindo
from the half-sisters themselves
Why did Jing-mei’s mother actually leave the babies?
because she tired of carrying them
because they wouldn’t have been Chinese if she had brought them to
America with her
because she traded them for a lot of money
because she thought she was going to die and didn’t want them to die with her
Who found the babies?
an old peasant woman
a gypsy queen
the mayor of a nearby town
a large magical dog
What are the two different Chinese meanings of Suyuan, Jing-mei’s mother’s name?
“Wonderful Mother” and “Honorable Adversary”
“Good Wife” and “Nagging Woman”
“Beautiful One” and “Light of My Life”
“Long Cherished Wish” and “Long-Held Grudge”
What are the meanings of Jing-mei’s name?
“Just pure essence” and “younger sister
“Sweet person” and “Loyal follower”
“Loved relation” and “Beautiful dreamer”
“Her Mother’s Wish” and “Difficult Child”
