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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 Chinaman's hat in "The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains"?
(a) the place in town where Chinese workers gamble
(b) the top of Sandalwood Mountain
(c) a hat to protect the Chinese workers
(d) an island

2. Which best describes the author when she sends money to her cousin in China?
(a) an adult in California
(b) a child in California
(c) a child in China
(d) an adult in China

3. Which tax is enforced on Chinese immigrants living in California in order to pay for the extra policing their presence requires?
(a) the police tax
(b) the cigar tax
(c) the cubic air ordinance
(d) the laundry tax

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

5. What is the result of the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act?
(a) It restricted immigration into the United States.
(b) It allowed thousands of Hong Kong parolees to enter the U.S.
(c) It allowed merchant wives to enter the country.
(d) It distributed 18,000 visas that had not been used.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which congressional act in 1882 bans Chinese laborers from entering the U.S. for ten years?

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

3. Who is Chan Moong Gut in "The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains"?

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

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

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