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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The Ghostmate, what imagery does Kingston use when the main character arrives at the house?
(a) A bolt of lightning illuminates the young man at the door.
(b) The green and black trees twist and turn.
(c) The storm dies when the young man knocks at a gate.
(d) The music that accompanies the young man turns dark.

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

3. How many years, according to Ah Goong, does it take to complete the railroad?
(a) six years
(b) twenty years
(c) two years
(d) ten years

4. What two actions result from the Scott Act of 1888?
(a) voiding Certificates of Return and requiring Certificate of Residence be shown on demand
(b) defining
(c) suspending the Burlingame Treaty for 20 years and making Chinese men cut off their ponytails
(d) identifying free whites as eligible to apply for U.S. citizenship and giving African Aliens eligibility to apply for U.S. citizenshi

5. What was used first to keep the holes open in Tang Ao's earlobes?
(a) gold loops
(b) sticks of straw
(c) silk threads
(d) jade studs

6. Where in the world is the Women's Land according to ancient scholars?
(a) North America
(b) China
(c) Africa
(d) Antarctica

7. What did the Displaced Persons Act passed in 1948 offer Chinese immigrants?
(a) Homes for Chinese immigrants are given to those who are homeles
(b) The act allows Chinese people to bring their close family members to the U.S.
(c) between 1948-1954, ethnic Chinese could apply for citizenship.
(d) Special Citizenship Judges are appointed to get individual private bills passed for a price.

8. How many days does the China Men's strike in the Sierra Nevada Mountains last before a compromise is made with the Central Pacific Railroad?
(a) nine weeks
(b) nine days
(c) two months
(d) one year

9. Why is Maui capable of dying when other gods are immortal?
(a) Maui is vulnerable to disgrace and embarrassment among other living creatures on Earth.
(b) Maui is only a demigod, or partially mortal, in the Polynesian culture.
(c) Maui is a human with superhuman powers.
(d) Maui can be reincarnated as many times as he wants.

10. Which character from Kingston's folktales in China Men suffers the most?
(a) Maui the trickster in
(b) Bak Goong the great grandfather
(c) Tu Tzu-chun
(d) The young man

11. How do Ed's partners swindle him out of the business?
(a) The partners tell him he missed the meeting where they put themselves in charge.
(b) The partners spend all the profits dancing with women on Saturday nights.
(c) The partners kidnap MaMa for ransom that Ed has to pay.
(d) The partners pocket cash from laundry orders as often as they can.

12. What does Ah Po show BaBa's brothers to explain that he is different from them?
(a) BaBa's skinny, frail body had hands made for holding pens.
(b) BaBa's hair was a different color than theirs.
(c) BaBa was the largest boy born so far in the family.
(d) BaBa's head was shaped differently than theirs.

13. Where does Hina of the night sleep?
(a) deep in the ocean
(b) high in the treetops
(c) in the forest
(d) on a far away island

14. The seer does not disturb the spirits in the clouds in "On Mortality Again" __________________________.
(a) because the seer doesn't hear any spirits in the clouds
(b) because the seer is afraid the spirits will punish him
(c) because the seer doesn't want to draw the attention of the spirits to Maui's trick
(d) because the seer is afraid Maui will hurt him if the seer speaks to the spirits

15. Why does Kingston grow up thinking her Father hates girls and women?
(a) Father would punish Kingston and her siblings by not speaking to them.
(b) Kingston has memories of her father cursing about gypsies that swindled him.
(c) Father had a bad experience with his own mother that Kingston doesn't understand.
(d) Father wakes up screaming from nightmares at night.

Short Answer Questions

1. What signed document states that Chinese and Americans could freely travel, trade, and live in either country?

2. How many times does Ah Goong go to Gold Mountain?

3. What does the monk tell Tu Tzu-chun about the task he has in store for Tu?

4. What is the procedure that the women are using on Tang's feet called?

5. Which is the setting for Kingston's biography of great grandfather Bak Goong in "The Great Grandfather of Sandalwood Mountains"?

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