The Paper Menagerie

Which word best describes Jack's attitude toward his Mom in The Paper Menagerie?

• Accepting

• Fascinated

• Resentful

• Afraid

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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

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Jack was born in the year of the...

• Goat

• Deer

• Tiger

• Pig

The Paper Menagerie is set in...

• New Jersey

• Orlando

• Seattle

• Connecticut

Jack's mother's earliest memory is...

• Seeing her own mother eat dirt

• Learning to make origami animals

• Learning to write calligraphy

• Being locked in the Chen family's cupboards overnight

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

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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.

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

• Accepting

• Welcoming

• Judgemental

• Afraid

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What strange thing did the mom do before she set the animal on the table?

• she blew onto the paper like it was a balloon

• she set the paper on fire

• she put it in the fridge

• she gave it to the father

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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

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