View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why would the woman in "The Ghostmate" ask the young man to make her shoes?
(a) The woman is poor and needs a pair of shoes.
(b) The woman keeps her visitors with her by making them make things for her.
(c) The woman wants her visitor to leave right away.
(d) The woman is trying to distract the young man from the storm.

3. What part of Tang Ao's wardrobe is shaped like a bridge?
(a) tunic
(b) hat
(c) apron
(d) shoes

4. Where do Ed and MaMa go after Ed is ousted from the laundry business?
(a) to Alaska
(b) to Long Island
(c) to the movies
(d) to California

5. Which details from the text imply that Father is a successful business man?
(a) He wears two-hundred dollar suits and good leather shoes with wingtips.
(b) He wears a coat with tobacco smell.
(c) He is tall and thin.
(d) He continues his walk down our street.

Short Answer Questions

1. How might Kingston's father's life have been different had he passed the Imperial Examinations with honors?

2. What reason is given for torturing Tang Ao?

3. What are the "Jesus demons" trying to do when they visit the work camp where Bak Goong lives?

4. How does the stranger respond to the children's mistake?

5. Which two islands does Kingston suggest her father had gone to before entering America?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 413 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample