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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the meaning of the word hastening in the opening lines of "On Fathers"?
(a) running quickly by
(b) stopping to tie shoe laces
(c) slowing down the pace of walking
(d) speeding up the pace of walking

2. Who is Chan Moong Gut in "The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains"?
(a) the young man who left his village for the Imperial Examinations
(b) a magical character in Bak Goong's tall tales
(c) the ghost of Bak Goong's dead father
(d) the other great grandfather that worked in the Sandalwood Mountains

3. How does the wife that great grandfather Bak Sook Goong takes back to China affect Kingston's heritage?
(a) The new wife has no affect on Kingston's heritage.
(b) The new wife refuses to blend with Bak Sook Goong's other wives, causing the first divorce in her family.
(c) The new wife's children start the line of Hawaiian-Chinese family members.
(d) The new wife insists on returning to Hawaii with the rest of the family, removing them from China for good.

4. Which is the setting for Kingston's biography of great grandfather Bak Goong in "The Great Grandfather of Sandalwood Mountains"?
(a) California
(b) Taiwan
(c) Cuba
(d) Hawaii

5. What is the procedure that the women are using on Tang's feet called?
(a) bandaging
(b) streaming
(c) swaddling
(d) footbinding

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator in this chapter?

2. What technology changes the way the Central Pacific Railroad tunnels through mountains in the Sierra Nevada?

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

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

5. What was used first to keep the holes open in Tang Ao's earlobes?

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