1./which of the following best identifies the main claim kim develops in the text?

question 1 options:

a./asian americans should be encouraged to embrace and celebrate their identities in america.

b./the difficulty kim experienced accepting his identity as a child was due to the lack of asian american actors he saw on television.

c./asian american actors continue to be denied opportunities in the media because of their asian identity.

d./kim pursued playwriting in college with the objective of increasing the presence of asian american actors in entertainment.

2./which detail from the text best supports the answer to question 1?

question 2 options:

a./“i spent most days at recess sitting alone on the sidelines, eating the special snack that my mother had packed.” (paragraph 8).

b./“at the dinner table, i committed the two worst sins that a korean son could possibly commit: i stopped speaking korean and i stopped eating korean food.” (paragraph 15)

c./“we are at the point in our culture where people are finally beginning to talk about asian identities in the media.” (paragraph 19).

d./“my dream…is for our country to become a place where a cameo like mine would go completely unnoticed. and to see every third-grade teacher tell his or her students, ‘keep your name. you don’t have to change a thing.’” (paragraph 24).

3./how does kim’s inclusion of his experiences as a child contribute to the text?

question 3 options:

a./ it shows how difficult it can be to adjust to a new school and make friends.

b./it encourages readers to celebrate the diversity of their peers.

c./it emphasizes how kim felt ashamed of and rejected his asian identity.

d./it depicts the strained relationship that kim had with his family while growing up.

4./which quote from the text best supports the answer to question 3?

question 4 options:

a./“i still vividly remember my first time at recess, a confusing experience for several reasons, in large part because hanging off monkey bars and making each other cry during dodgeball were not educationally sanctioned activities in asia.” (paragraph 6).

b./“before i could answer, another teacher rang out, ‘maybe he likes sitting alone. maybe that’s the asian way.’” (paragraph 11).

c./“my parents would try to talk to me over a bowl of kimchi stew, and i would pout and ask, in english, if we could order the meat lover’s pie from pizza hut.” (paragraph 15).

d./“at dinner parties, people would fawn over the korean food and ask for my mom’s recipes. they even wanted to know about my childhood in seoul.” (paragraph 16).

5./my parents would try to talk to me over a bowl of kimchi stew, and i would pout and ask, in english, if we could order the meat lover's pie from pizza hut. for my 11th birthday, my mom made me my favorite korean dish, oh jing uh bokkeum (spicy stir-fried squid), and i looked at her with disdain as i declared, "this is disgusting."

what is the best definition of the underlined word (disdain) from the passage above?

question 5 options:

a./consider to be unworthy of one's consideration.

b./to ridicule

c./the feeling that someone or something is unworthy of one’s respect

d./contemptuous ridicule or mockery

the next day for dinner, she made me a cheeseburger. i promptly told her it tasted inauthentic and made her drive me to mcdonald's. oh, and no more special snacks either. unless they were artificially flavored and made by kraft. (i was a heinous child. sorry, mom.)

6./what is the best definition of the underlined word (heinous) from the passage above?

question 6 options:

a./very bad, wicked, or evil

b./very serious

c./outrageous, shocking

d./pleasant and obedient