The Latehomecomer Assessment
Below is the final quiz for The Latehomecomer. It is worth 100 points. Answer all the questions to the best of your ability.
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Final Assessment on The Latehomecomer
by
Kao Kalia Yang
Short Answer questions-(2 points each)
You must answer all the questions in complete sentences. I am expecting 1-2 sentences for each question.
- Why do you think the author chose The Latehomecomer as the title of her book?
- If someone asked you what the “Hmong experience” is/was what would tell them?
- Why couldn’t Kao Kalia’s family stay in
- Why did the
- In the Hmong tradition, babies come from where?
- Why did Kao Kalia’s grandmother marry a man 25 years older then her?
- What disability does Dawb have?
- How do the author’s parents meet?
- Why does her grandmother have such a difficult time adjusting to life in
- Why does Kao Kalia choose
True or False questions-(2 points each)
If the answer is false, correct the question.
1. The home country for the Hmong people is
2. Kao Kalia is the oldest daughter in her family.TF
3. Kao Kalia attended both
4. Kao Kalia and Dawb spoke perfect English when they arrived in the
5. The first place they landed after leaving
6. Kao Kalia’s family lived in
7. Kao Kalia’s family lived in a house haunted by a little girl who died when she fell down the stairs.TF
8. The first house Yang’s family lived in was a duplex in
9. Kao Kalia’s family could stay on welfare as long as they wanted.TF
10. Kao Kalia’s grandmother (her dad’s mother) died on February 18th, 2002, in
Essay Questions-(15 points each)
You must answer three out of the four essays. I am expecting two-three paragraphs for each essay.
Yang’s grandmother stands as a bastion of strength and honor as she continually encourages her family to survive and do their best with what they have been given. She tells her worried family while they consider the daunting task of becoming Americans, “Lasting change cannot be forced; only inspired.”What do you think her grandmother means by this statement?
Among the many universal themes Yang’s story touches upon is love: “Love,” she writes, “is the reason why my mother and father stick together in a hard life when they might have an easier one apart; love is the reason why you choose a life with someone, and you don’t turn back although your heart cries sometimes…and you wish out loud that things were easier.” What does this mean to you?
Yang hopes that her book can resonate with American readers as a story that matters because it touches upon human universals. She hopes all Americans can come to know that what has happened to the Hmong in the world is relevant to our own individual experiences—so that we remember who we are as Americans, so that we are empowered to live the life set before us, and so that we are empowered to tell our own stories as well. Write about your story and what it would include. For example, how has your family (ancestors) learned to survive here in the
Kao Kalia Yang’s book The Latehomecomer traces the story of her family starting in the late 1970s, when her recently-wed mother and father were separated by the encroachment of North Vietnamese soldiers and then fled for their lives through jungles, over mountains, and across raging rivers to
Extra Credit-At least one paragraph (5-7 sentences) for each question
Would you recommend this book to others? Why or why not? (5 points)
What did you learn from the book? (5 points)