Quiz The Land I Lost
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This book gives us a glimpse of Huynh Quang Nhuong's experiences while growing up in Vietnam in the 1950s in a rice farm. We get to meet his two companions Tank and his very brave cousin who used a python as a pillow. Test your recollection of the story by taking the quiz below.
- 1.Which wild animal is feared and hated most by the people in the hamlet?
- A.
The horse snake
- B.
The lone wild hog
- C.
The crocodile
- 2.This story is written
- A.
From the third-person point of view
- B.
From the second-person point of view
- C.
From the first-person point of view
- 3.Why are trenches built around the houses?
- A.
To protect them from the war
- B.
To provide water for their crops they are cultivating.
- C.
To protect the homes from wild animals and thieves.
- 4.How do the people of the area make their living?
- A.
They make their living by farming and hunting.
- B.
They make their living by going to jobs in the city.
- C.
They make their living by joining the army.
- 5.What does the narrator's grandmother believe is bad luck?
- A.
She believes it is bad luck to enter the theater late.
- B.
She believes it is bad luck to enter the theater when the "Faithful One" is onstage.
- C.
She believes it is bad luck to enter the theater when the "Flatter" is onstage.
- 6.Why did the narrator's grandmother once knock someone to the floor in a restaurant?
- A.
She knocked a man down because he took her husband's chopsticks and was making rude comments to her husband.
- B.
She knocked a man down because he took her chopsticks and was making rude comments to the owner.
- C.
She knocked a man down because he tried to leave the restaurant without paying for his food.
- 7.Why was the restaurant owner happy that the grandmother fought the bully?
- A.
The owner was happy because the bully came to the restaurant each day and did not pay for his food or drink.
- B.
The owner was happy because the bully had threatened the customers of the restaurant.
- C.
The owner was happy because the bully had tried to kill the owner before.
- 8.Why does the grandmother touch the tombstone and say, "Dear, I will join you soon?"
- A.
She says this because she misses her husband.
- B.
She says this because she wants her husband to know she is thinking about their children.
- C.
She says this because she knows she will die soon and go to be with her husband who is already dead.
- 9.For what purpose was this story written?
- A.
To explain why it is important to defend yourself
- B.
To inform the reader about the country of Vietnam
- C.
To tell about a boy's life and family
- 10.The people in the restaurant believed that the narrator's grandfather was
- A.
A karate champion
- B.
A coward
- C.
A farmer
- 11.The grandmother's passion for theater never diminished with age. To have a passion for something means to
- A.
Feel strongly about it
- B.
Give it away freely
- C.
Teacher others about it
- 12.The boy's grandmother knew Chinese mythology by heart. Mythology means
- A.
Songs that tell about your family
- B.
Recipes for how to cook food
- C.
Stories about gods and heroes
- 13.Another word for hamlet is
- A.
Prince
- B.
Village
- C.
Roast
- 14.During the rainy season, the narrator and his family helped plant and cultivate fields of rice. Cultivate means
- A.
Drain
- B.
Sell
- C.
Grow
- 15.Everyone at the restaurant wanted to know where the grandmother learned karate. Karate is
- A.
An Asian art of self-defense
- B.
The Vietnamese language
- C.
The way you treat customers
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