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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In 1884, who is the first Chinese immigrant denied citizenship based on race?
(a) Wong Kim Ark
(b) Chan Young
(c) Yue Ting
(d) Yick Wo

3. Which is the setting for Kingston's biography of great grandfather Bak Goong in "The Great Grandfather of Sandalwood Mountains"?
(a) Cuba
(b) California
(c) Hawaii
(d) Taiwan

4. What are the "Jesus demons" trying to do when they visit the work camp where Bak Goong lives?
(a) trying to lure them to work at their farm
(b) trying to cast demons from the Chinese workers
(c) trying to convert the Chinese to Christianity
(d) trying to baptize the Chinese workers

5. Who is Chan Moong Gut in "The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains"?
(a) a magical character in Bak Goong's tall tales
(b) the young man who left his village for the Imperial Examinations
(c) the ghost of Bak Goong's dead father
(d) the other great grandfather that worked in the Sandalwood Mountains

Short Answer Questions

1. Which anti-Chinese law comes first?

2. How does great grandfather Bak Goong break the rules of silence while working in Sandalwood Mountain?

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

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

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

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