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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The American Father.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the significance of the court case, Chae Chan Ping v. The United States?
(a) This case adds one year of hard labor for illegal Chinese immigrants before being deported.
(b) Congressmen call for the United States to be made up of a limited amount of elderly Chinese people.
(c) This is the first case to address the issue of Sojourners.
(d) This is the first case of a Chinese fighting against the Chinese Exclusion Acts.

2. Which Supreme Court case overturns San Francisco safety ordinances, thereby admitting that California laws are designed to harass Chinese immigrants?
(a) Chae Chan Ping v. The United States
(b) The United States v. Mrs. Cue Lim
(c) Yue Ting v. The United States
(d) Yick Wo v. Hopkins

3. What does Kingston hear from her schoolmates that makes her long to be normal?
(a) Kingston's schoolmates make fun of her clothes.
(b) Children speak of being spanked and being kissed goodnight
(c) The other children speak of family members saying, "I love you."
(d) Kingston must walk home with her huge uncle everyday.

4. From whom do MaMa and Father have to keep their savings a secret?
(a) their neighbors in Stockton
(b) the owner of the Gambling House
(c) MaMa's sister living in San Francisco
(d) their six children

5. What makes the author afraid to name the village in China where her family lives?
(a) Kingston's uncle threatens to kill her nephew if she does.
(b) Kingston's mother insists she did not reveal their secret.
(c) Tourists of the United States are listed as missing in newspapers
(d) stories of Communist arresting family member of immigrants

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the significance of the Supreme Court ruling in the1898 case, The United States v. Wong Kim Ark?

3. Which tax is enforced on Chinese immigrants living in California in order to pay for the extra policing their presence requires?

4. What are the "Jesus demons" trying to do when they visit the work camp where Bak Goong lives?

5. What happens that begins Father's most dismal time in "The American Father"?

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