1. Read the excerpt from "Homesick." Chinese words don’t march across flat surfaces the way ours do; they drop down cliffs, one cliff after another from right to left across a page.

What does the figurative language in the excerpt tell readers about Chinese words.?

Chinese is a more difficult language to read than English.

The final syllables of Chinese words are emphasized the most.

The rhythm of Chinese is more varied than the rhythm of English.

Chinese is written in columns instead of in horizontal lines.

2. Read the excerpt from "Homesick."

Not like those in the Chinese part of the city: a jumble of rickety shops with people, vegetables, crates of quacking ducks, yard goods, bamboo baskets, and mangy dogs spilling onto a street so narrow it was hardly there.

How does the word choice in the sentence affect the meaning of the text?

It highlights the harsh conditions in the Chinese part of the city that make it different.

It describes the aspects of Chinese culture that the narrator most appreciates.

It highlights the abundance of goods available in Chinese part of the city.

It gives details about why the narrator chooses this area over others to visit.

3. Read the excerpt from "Homesick."

“You wouldn’t sing it. So say it,” he ordered. “Let me hear you say it.”

I tried to pull my foot away but he only ground down harder.

“Say what?” I was telling my face please not to show what my foot felt.

“God save the king. Say it. Those four words. I want to hear you say it.”

Which type of conflict is described in the excerpt from "Homesick"?

individual vs. society

individual vs. nature

individual vs. individual

individual vs. self

4. Part A

In "Homesick," what is the narrator's viewpoint about singing "God Save the King?"

She would prefer to sing the Chinese national anthem because it is where they live.

She does not want to sing the song because thinks it is disloyal to America.

She enjoys singing the song because it makes her feel like a part of the group.

She is jealous of how well the other children sing the song.
Question 2
Part B

Which quotation from the text helps readers to distinguish the narrator's viewpoint from her mother's viewpoint?

"They’d probably try to get the Romans to do what they did, just as they were trying to teach the Chinese to do what Americans did."

“'When in Rome,' she said, 'do as the Romans do.' What she meant was, 'Don’t make trouble. Just sing.'”

"She told me things that sounded so crazy I had to ask my mother if they were true."

"How could she know such things and not tell me? What was the matter with grown-ups anyway?"