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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Alaska China Men.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following from "The Ghostmate" shows that the young man is feeling guilty about not returning to his family?
(a) He asks, "Do you live alone?"
(b) Instead he feeds like a zoo animal.
(c) His wife would enjoy hearing about his lucky night.
(d) The young husband should have hinted for some leftovers to bring home.

2. To what does the narrator in "The Ghostmate" compare the woman's hair?
(a) follows her retreating back
(b) a light-colored dress
(c) lumps of peacocks
(d) long black tail alive

3. Why does the young man enter the house of the young widow?
(a) He seeks shelter from a storm along the mountain path.
(b) He is selling wares door-to-door
(c) He is lonely and seeks companionship.
(d) He is being chased by dogs.

4. Which of the following is an example of a simile used in "The Ghostmate"?
(a) The bowls of soup are bottomless.
(b) The orange of the firelight suffuses the prorcelain.
(c) Steam rises as if a mirage of food floated on the table.
(d) He gorges; he indulges his appetite.

5. What is the one emotion that Tu Tzu-chun cannot overcome in his illusion?
(a) joy
(b) desire
(c) love
(d) sorrow

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the monk say Tu Tzu-chun has to do to repay him the third time?

2. To what does this simile refer: "Sap ran from its cuts like crying blind eyes"?

3. Tu cannot deliver his messages and take care of his urgent things after he exits the tunnel because _____________________________.

4. Who travels to Alaska during the Driving Out to help end the violence?

5. Why do the children reach into the man's pockets?

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