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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why would the woman in "The Ghostmate" ask the young man to make her shoes?
(a) The woman is trying to distract the young man from the storm.
(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 poor and needs a pair of shoes.

3. What is the Chinaman's hat in "The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains"?
(a) an island
(b) the top of Sandalwood Mountain
(c) a hat to protect the Chinese workers
(d) the place in town where Chinese workers gamble

4. What are the "Jesus demons" trying to do when they visit the work camp where Bak Goong lives?
(a) trying to convert the Chinese to Christianity
(b) trying to cast demons from the Chinese workers
(c) trying to baptize the Chinese workers
(d) trying to lure them to work at their farm

5. What rule do the "white demons" enforce that is problematic for great grandfather Bak Goong while he is working in the sugar cane fields?
(a) working
(b) counting
(c) singing
(d) silence

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last thing the women do to prepare Tang to meet the queen?

2. Who were the Gold Mountain Sojourners?

3. How do the women manage to capture Tang Ao?

4. Why is there a communal dining room at the Chinese village where Kingston's ancestors lived?

5. Who is Chan Moong Gut in "The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains"?

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