Worksheets"Paper Menagerie' Vocabulary and Comprehension Quiz
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 18mins
What does the word 'rapidly' mean in the following sentence "Dad aged rapidly after Mom died"?
slowly
gradually
quickly
leisurely
What does the word 'intertwining' mean in the following sentence "Dad aged rapidly after Mom died"?"I wrote the character again and again on the paper, intertwining my pen strokes with her words"?
origami
twisting together
knitting
painting
What is the meaning of the word 'translucent' in the following sentence "However, after a while he became soggy and translucent, and slowly sank to the bottom, the folds coming undone"?
completely opaque
fully transparent
solid color
partially transparent
Which word best describes the effect of magnifying?
Enlargement
Shrinking
Reduction
Expansion
What does the word 'wallow' mean in the following sentence "Mom eventually wrapped his legs in saran wrap so that he could wallow to his heart's content (just not in soy sauce)"?
to avoid or ignore something
to roll about or indulge in something with great enjoyment or satisfaction
to feel bored or uninterested
to move quickly and energetically
What is the meaning of the word 'conscious' in the following sentence "She was conscious. Dad held her left hand with both of his own"?
Aware or mindful
Forgetful or absent-minded
Indifferent or apathetic
Unconscious or unaware
When Jack feels that he does not fit in because he owns only origami animals instead of toys, his Dad...
Buys him Star Wars toys
Tells him to respect his Mom's culture
Jack was born in the year of the...
Goat
Deer
Tiger
Pig
The Paper Menagerie is set in...
New Jersey
Orlando
Seattle
Connecticut
As a child and young teenager, Jack's mother did what to support herself financially?
Sold food in the market
Sold homemade origami animals
Was a live-in nanny for a rich family
Worked in a factory
How did Jack's mother escape the poverty and famine in China?
She worked for the government
She secretly boarded a ship
She enrolled in an international dating service
She saved enough money to take a flight to the U.S.
The neighbour women visit Jack's family's house. Their attitude toward Jack and his mother is...
Accepting
Welcoming
Judgemental
Afraid
What did Mark do to Laohu
He tore him in half
He stepped on him
He put him in the goldfish bowl
He ate him
The title takes it's name from?
The wrapping paper his mother saved.
The Box in the attic.
The origami his mother did.
The box of origami animals his mother made.
How does his mother come to the United States?
She is a mail order bride.
She leaves China by boat.
She comes with her uncle from Hong Kong.
She comes to find work.
magnified
"...Laohu, tickling his face up against the bowl on the other side so that I saw his eyes, magnified to the size of coffee cups, staring at me from across the bowl."
to bring close to
to become energized
to look at closely
to make something appear larger
conversed
"The neighbours conversed in the living room, not trying to be particularly quiet."
shouted
argued
talked
whispered
“Your grandparents were both from very poor peasant families with few relatives.”
slave
merchant
farmer
“In the suburbs of Connecticut, I was lonely."
center of the city
outside the city center
dangerous part of the city
skyscrapers
What is the name of the main character in the story?
Jack
Laohu
Mother
Mark
This style of modern fiction is often described as magical-realism.
Explain why this term makes sense.
How is Lahou an example of a magical element set in a realist world in "The Paper Menagerie"?
The tiger is paper and comes to life in a normal, non-magical suburban home.
The tiger is a real tiger out of the wild.
The tiger is paper and Jack's imagination lets him pretend it can talk.
The tiger isn't magical; it is merely paper that Jack plays with.
Who is the author of The Paper Menagerie?
Randall Park
Ken Liu
LeVar Burton
Lewis Tan
What is actually the "paper menagerie" in the story?
Jack's stuffed animals
origami animals
Jack's collection of stamps
Dad's paper cars
What’s the Point Of View in the story?
Third person with shifts in POV
First person
Third person with shifts on focalization
Third person omniscient
What does Jack repeat to his mother?
"Speak English."
"Go back to China."
"Leave me alone."
"You're ruining my life."
How does Jack read the letter?
He reads it himself at his mother's grave.
He asks the owner of a local Chinese restaurant to read it aloud.
He asks a young Chinese tourist to read it aloud.
He hires a translator to translate the Chinese into English because he can no longer understand Chinese.
Who is the narrator of the story?
Jack
Laohu
Mother
Mark
What is the significance of the paper menagerie?
It represents Jack's love for origami
It symbolizes the bond between Jack and his mother
It represents Jack's creativity and imagination
It symbolizes the cultural heritage of Jack's family
How does the story explore the theme of cultural identity?
Through Jack's struggle to fit in with his American peers
Through the portrayal of Jack's Chinese heritage
Through the interactions between Jack and his mother
Through the symbolism of the paper menagerie
