Grace and Grandma Comprehension Test

1. What is the reason a play has different scenes?

• A. the setting changes
• B. the setting does not change.
• C. the main character leaves and comes back.
• D. they always introduce a new character.

2. The playwright wrote this play most likely to —

• F. inform the reader how to speak Chinese.
• G. persuade the reader to learn about their heritage
• H. tell a story of a girl who has trouble learning Chinese
• J. provide information about Angel Island

3. Which sentence best describes Grace’s relationship with Grandma Mei in the play?

• A. They argue about everything every day.
• B. Both of them are interested in learning new languages
• C. They feel comfortable with each other
• D. Both of them emigrated from China

4. What is the meaning of the word heritage as it is used in paragraph 7?

• F. traditions passed down through the years
• G. formal meetings where they ask you questions
• H. language created by its own family
• J. approval to do something

5. Paragraphs 4 through 6 are important to the development of the plot because it is where-

• A. it describes the setting and characters in the play.
• B. it discusses the organization of all the scenes in the play.
• C. it introduces the major problem in the play.
• D. it solves the major problem in the play.

6. In paragraph 49, the word immigrants means –

• F. to move to live from one country to another.
• G. to move from one house to another.
• H. to go visit a different country.
• J. the act of coming to a place.

• A. doesn’t want to go with Grace.
• B. knows what Four Squares is.
• C. doesn’t know what “check it out” means.
• D. knows what “check it out” means.

8. Which word is a synonym of arrival in paragraph 87?

• F. departure
• G. leave
• H. entrance
• J. disappear

9. In paragraph 43, what is the most likely reason why Grandma Mei brings grace leftovers?

• A. She knows Grace gets hungry at night.
• B. She knows Grace didn’t finish eating her dinner.
• C. Grace asked her to bring her food.
• D. Grace’s parents got upset with her and asked her to leave the table before she could finish having dinner

10.Which sentence best expresses the theme of the play?

• F. Spring chicken means someone young, like a chicken that just hatched in the spring.
• G. “Let’s make Grace go to bed early tonight so we can have peace and quiet.”
• H. We just don’t want you to forget that you’re both.
• J. It means, “all things are difficult before they are easy”.