Ethnic Literature Unit I Quiz
Name:
True-False. Please WRITE OUT the word.
________ 1. In an African baby naming ceremony, the baby must be named within days
of his or her birth.
________ 2. The children in “Looking for Work” share their resources to come up with
the money to go to the swimming pool.
________ 3. The narrator of “The Warriors” is named Sunflower.
________ 4. In “Housepainting,” Annie’s parents want her to be an artist.
________ 5. The horned toad is poisonous.
________ 6. In Asian weddings, it is typical for the bride to wear a red dress.
________ 7. The primary religion in Egypt is Muslim.
________ 8. In Jewish funerals, it is traditional to throw a handful of earth from Alaska
on the body.
________ 9. Teachers in Finland could be with a student for 12 years of their education.
________10. Kwanzaa is a harvest celebration based on seven principals.
Multiple Choice.
_____ 11. What does Nikki Rosa say Black love is?
A. Black power
B. family togetherness
C. plenty of food
D. Black wealth
_____ 12. To what tribe of Indians does Uncle Ralph in “The Warriors” belong?
A. Arapahoe B. Pawnee
C. Iroquois
D. Sioux
_____ 13. Which is a job that the narrator in “Looking for Work” is paid to do?
A. weed a flower bed B. rake leaves C. fold clothes D. wash a car
_____ 14. All of the following are true of Bindi decorations EXCEPT:
A. It is usually a red dot on the forehead
B. It can be made out of jewels and worn as jewelry
C. It is worn to show that you are getting married
D. It is spiritual, symbolic, and a fashion statement
_____15. Japanese Geisha are all of the following EXCEPT:
A. licensed
B. performers for tea ceremonies
C. only female
D. assigned an older sister in the same house
_____16. Why didn’t the great-grandmother in “The Horned Toad” come to live with the
narrator’s family sooner?
A. the father didn’t want her to
B. they lived in the city and she preferred the country
C. their house was too small
D. they were hoping someone else would offer to take her in
_____17. In “Housepainting,” why does Wei say he is painting the house?
A. to get on the parents’ good side
B. to put the parents in his debt
C. to help with a job that needs to be done
D. to convince them to make Frances marry him
_____18. She feigned a stern posture, her hands on her hips and her mouth puckered.
Feigned means:
A. pretended B. showed anger
C. took on
D. assumed
_____19. Uncle Ralph talked obsessively of warriors, painted proud warriors who
shrieked poignant battle cries at the top of their lungs and died with honor.
A. terrifying B. death defying
C. loud
D. painfully touching
_____ 20. A kind of visceral surging or churning sensation started up deep inside me;
bewildered, I was wondering what on earth was this…
A. instinctive
B. exhilarating
C. weird
D. supernatural
_____ 21. A piece taken from a larger whole, such as a chapter from a book or scene
from a play is a definition for
A. assimilation B. connotation
C. excerpt
D. lineage
_____ 22. A characteristic set of beliefs and practices of a racial, regional, religious, or
other social group is a definition for
A. culture
B. assimilation
C. diversity D. tolerance
_____ 23. If a story is told in first person voice, the story is being told by
A. a minor character
B. an on-the-scene news reporter
C. the main character
D. the author
_____ 24. The author of the story “The Horned Toad” is
A. Gary Soto B. Alex Haley C. Anna Lee Walters D. Gerald Haslam
_____ 25. The story “Looking for Work” was written by an author of which ethnicity?
A. Mexican American
B. African American
C. Asian American
D. Native American
Matching. Match the author to his or her story or background information.
_____ 26. Writes about Native American culture
A. Gary Soto
_____ 27. Although this author is only part Latino, it is
one big part
_____ 28. Author of “Housepainting”
B. Anna Lee Walters
_____ 29. Writes about the struggles of the AfricanAmericans
_____ 30. Born in the United States of Chinese parents
D. Lan Samantha Chang
C. Nikki Giovanni
E. Gerald Haslam
Fill-in.
31. The narrator in “Looking for Work” thinks his family would be happier in life if they
acted more like the family in what TV show? ______________________________
32. The boy in “The Horned Toad” cried when his great-grandmother teased him by not
sharing her ____________________________________ with him.
33. Uncle Ralph tells the sisters in “The Warrior” that his tribe of Indians live for the
battle for _________________________________.
34. Nikki-Rosa hopes no _______________________ person has to write about her
because they just wouldn’t understand.
35. Asian children are expected to show _______________________________ with
their parents. It is also known as xiaoxun.
36. The Chinese tradition of keeping a woman’s foot as small as possible was done
through a process called ________________________________________________.
37. A person’s ______________________ is their ancestry or history of forebears.
38. Nikki-Rosa says that even though her father was _________________________,
they still had good Christmas’s.
39. In the Italian culture and at Italian weddings, one of the foods that would always be
served is _____________________________________________.
40. The process of fitting in to a new culture or becoming like others in that culture is
known as ___________________________________.
Essay. For five points. Please answer as completely as possible to receive full credit.
THINK!!!
41.-45. Why does Frances agree, finally, to marry Wei?