The Struggle to Be an All-American Girl

Here are the comprehension questions.

1. What did Elizabeth Wong and her brother do every day after school? How did that make them different from their friends?

2. What was their attitude toward going to Chinese school? How do you know?

3. What did Wong learn at Chinese school? At ‘regular’ American school? In her opinion, which was more important? Why?

4. What was her brother’s attitude toward speaking English? How did Wong’s brother treat their mother when she spoke English? How do you account for this behavior?

5. Wong saw herself as multicultural. What did she mean? What examples does she give to prove this?

6. In paragraph 14, it says: ‘At last, I was one of you; I wasn’t one of them.’ What do ‘you’ and ‘them’ refer to?