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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through On Mortality Again.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following is an example of a simile used in "The Ghostmate"?
(a) He gorges; he indulges his appetite.
(b) The bowls of soup are bottomless.
(c) Steam rises as if a mirage of food floated on the table.
(d) The orange of the firelight suffuses the prorcelain.

2. How might Kingston's father's life have been different had he passed the Imperial Examinations with honors?
(a) Kingston's father may not have had to work a single day in his life.
(b) Kingston's father may have traveled the world in luxury.
(c) Kingston's father may have married an American woman.
(d) Kingston's father may not have come to Gold Mountain.

3. What finally makes Tu Tzu-chun break his silence?
(a) The pain Tu Tzu-chun feels when he's being tortured.
(b) Tu Tzu-chun screamed when he heard his wife's bones being broken.
(c) Tu speaks for the first time.
(d) Tu sees her baby's head smashed against the rocks.

4. What is the consequence of Tu Tzu-chun failing the monk's test?
(a) Humanity has lost the chance for immortality.
(b) Humanity will become deaf and mute.
(c) Tu Tzu-chun must repay all the money he spent over the last three lifetimes.
(d) All Chinese babies will be born with a

5. Why do the children reach into the man's pockets?
(a) The children expect to find surprises for them in his pockets.
(b) The children are looking for his photo identification.
(c) The children think he has something that belongs to them.
(d) The children want to steal his money.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kingston show that the main character is enjoying his feast with the woman of the house in "The Ghostmate"?

2. What is the meaning of the word hastening in the opening lines of "On Fathers"?

3. What were the Chinese wives most likely afraid of when their husbands left for Gold Mountain?

4. Tu cannot deliver his messages and take care of his urgent things after he exits the tunnel because _____________________________.

5. In Honolulu, what does Kingston's friend, the dancer, report about Kingston's ancestral village?

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