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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 happens that begins Father's most dismal time in "The American Father"?
(a) The Gambling house is raided and closed permanently.
(b) The children get out of control, and Father beats his daughter with a hangar.
(c) MaMa has an accident at the cannery and dies.
(d) MaMa shames him into taking a low-wage laborer job.

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

3. Why is there a communal dining room at the Chinese village where Kingston's ancestors lived?
(a) All the villagers' homes are destroyed by bombs.
(b) All the villagers are prisoners of war.
(c) It is a traditional way of sharing meals in Chinese villages.
(d) The Communists serve food to villagers in large dining halls

4. What is the significance of the Supreme Court ruling in the1898 case, The United States v. Wong Kim Ark?
(a) The decision states that treaty merchants could bring their Chinese wives and children to America to live.
(b) The decision states that a person born in the U.S. to Chinese parents is an American.
(c) The decision states that San Francisco's safety ordinances are unfair to Chinese.
(d) The decision lifts the restriction on immigration for Chinese.

5. What personal theory does Kingston recall testing when she was child?
(a) Kingston believes that her father worked secretly for the Communist Party.
(b) Kingston believes that boys do not feel pain.
(c) Kingston thought boys liked to be kicked.
(d) Kingston believes that she can tell lies and never get caught.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the significance of the court case, Chae Chan Ping v. The United States?

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

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

4. Which Supreme Court case overturns San Francisco safety ordinances, thereby admitting that California laws are designed to harass Chinese immigrants?

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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