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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 mood does the letter from Kingston's friend, the physicist, reflect about his return visit to their common ancestral village?
(a) indifference
(b) hostile
(c) hopeful
(d) despair

2. 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) Tourists of the United States are listed as missing in newspapers
(c) stories of Communist arresting family member of immigrants
(d) Kingston's mother insists she did not reveal their secret.

3. 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 ghost of Bak Goong's dead father
(c) the young man who left his village for the Imperial Examinations
(d) the other great grandfather that worked in the Sandalwood Mountains

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

5. 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) suspending the Burlingame Treaty for 20 years and making Chinese men cut off their ponytails
(c) defining
(d) identifying free whites as eligible to apply for U.S. citizenship and giving African Aliens eligibility to apply for U.S. citizenshi

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Kingston hear from her schoolmates that makes her long to be normal?

3. In 1884, who is the first Chinese immigrant denied citizenship based on race?

4. Why is there a communal dining room at the Chinese village where Kingston's ancestors lived?

5. What two goals does Father finally reach by the end of "The American Father"?

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