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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The American Father.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What personal theory does Kingston recall testing when she was child?
(a) Kingston thought boys liked to be kicked.
(b) Kingston believes that her father worked secretly for the Communist Party.
(c) Kingston believes that she can tell lies and never get caught.
(d) Kingston believes that boys do not feel pain.

2. What makes the author afraid to name the village in China where her family lives?
(a) Kingston's uncle threatens to kill her nephew if she does.
(b) Kingston's mother insists she did not reveal their secret.
(c) stories of Communist arresting family member of immigrants
(d) Tourists of the United States are listed as missing in newspapers

3. Which best describes the author when she sends money to her cousin in China?
(a) an adult in China
(b) a child in China
(c) an adult in California
(d) a child in California

4. In 1884, who is the first Chinese immigrant denied citizenship based on race?
(a) Wong Kim Ark
(b) Chan Young
(c) Yue Ting
(d) Yick Wo

5. What is the significance of the court case, Chae Chan Ping v. The United States?
(a) This case adds one year of hard labor for illegal Chinese immigrants before being deported.
(b) This is the first case to address the issue of Sojourners.
(c) This is the first case of a Chinese fighting against the Chinese Exclusion Acts.
(d) Congressmen call for the United States to be made up of a limited amount of elderly Chinese people.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which anti-Chinese law comes first?

2. What rule do the "white demons" enforce that is problematic for great grandfather Bak Goong while he is working in the sugar cane fields?

3. What two actions result from the Scott Act of 1888?

4. What kind of business does Father buy?

5. From whom do MaMa and Father have to keep their savings a secret?

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