Reading Check and Short Answer Questions on key plot points are designed for guided reading assignments, in-class review, formative assessment, quizzes, and more.

CHAPTERS 1-9

Reading Check

1. What business do Frank’s parents run?

2. In which class does Frank work with Brit as a partner?

3. What is Craft Exploit?

4. What object does Frank intend to show Brit but actually ends up showing Joy?

Short Answer

Answer each question in at least 1 complete sentence. Incorporate details from the text to support your response.

1. Why is Hanna estranged from Frank’s parents?

2. What does Frank criticize about his parents when they are driving through the Chinese neighborhood?

3. What similarity does Joy see in her situation and Frank’s?

4. To what does the term “jeong” refer?

5. What actions at the Gathering indicate how pleased Frank’s father is with the idea that Frank and Joy are dating?

Paired Resource

“Two Kinds”

• This classic Amy Tan vignette explores the complex feelings the daughter of a Chinese immigrant mother has regarding her mother’s expectations.
• This resource relates to the theme of Cultural Identity and Belonging, Parents as Flawed Humans, and Authenticity and Self-Discovery.
• What does the last line of this vignette communicate about how the narrator feels about her childhood? How were the pressures her mother put on her related to her mother’s immigration? How is the narrator’s reaction to these pressures related to the ways her own cultural experience differs from her mother’s? How do the narrator’s experiences and Frank’s compare?