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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Li Sao: An Elegy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens after the bird laughs in "On Mortality Again"?
(a) Hina wakes up.
(b) The land falls back into the sea.
(c) Maui is eaten by Hina.
(d) Maui quickly escapes.

2. What word best describes the meaning of Ch'u Yuan's name?
(a) peace
(b) righteous
(c) dirty crowd
(d) next king

3. To what does this simile refer: "Sap ran from its cuts like crying blind eyes"?
(a) a blind child that cried all the time
(b) bamboo that had to be cut before the rail could be laid
(c) cuts on Ah Goong's arms after working in the forest
(d) a huge redwood tree that Ah Goong helped cut down

4. How long had Ed been away from China before he and MaMa were reunited in New York City?
(a) 15 years
(b) 5 years
(c) 2 years
(d) 10 years

5. In the first telling of the Driving Out of Alaska, who relocates the China Men?
(a) Indians in war canoes
(b) Chinese scab laborers
(c) Indians on a schooner
(d) White demons with guns and tools

Short Answer Questions

1. What mood does the letter from Kingston's friend, the physicist, reflect about his return visit to their common ancestral village?

2. What reason do the white miners give for the decision to drive out the China Men?

3. How does the wife that great grandfather Bak Sook Goong takes back to China affect Kingston's heritage?

4. Which best describes the genre of these two chapters: "The Ghostmate" and "The Father From America"?

5. Which of the following is an example of figurative language?

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