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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is the significance of the court case, Chae Chan Ping v. The United States?
(a) Congressmen call for the United States to be made up of a limited amount of elderly Chinese people.
(b) This case adds one year of hard labor for illegal Chinese immigrants before being deported.
(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.

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

5. What two actions result from the Scott Act of 1888?
(a) suspending the Burlingame Treaty for 20 years and making Chinese men cut off their ponytails
(b) identifying free whites as eligible to apply for U.S. citizenship and giving African Aliens eligibility to apply for U.S. citizenshi
(c) voiding Certificates of Return and requiring Certificate of Residence be shown on demand
(d) defining

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What rule do the "white demons" enforce that is problematic for great grandfather Bak Goong while he is working in the sugar cane fields?

3. Which best describes the author when she sends money to her cousin in China?

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

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

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