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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many fortunes does Tu Tzu-chun spend?
(a) two
(b) none
(c) three
(d) one

2. What does Ah Goong say about working in the tunnels?
(a) Day becomes night.
(b) Time and space stop inside the tunnel.
(c) Mountains of dirt walked out of the tunnel.
(d) The sound of hammers only stop at night.

3. How much time passes between the first and the second Driving Out in "Alaska China Men"?
(a) two years
(b) one year
(c) eight days
(d) one month

4. What finally makes Tu Tzu-chun break his silence?
(a) Tu Tzu-chun screamed when he heard his wife's bones being broken.
(b) Tu speaks for the first time.
(c) Tu sees her baby's head smashed against the rocks.
(d) The pain Tu Tzu-chun feels when he's being tortured.

5. 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 being chased by dogs.
(d) He is lonely and seeks companionship.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason do the white miners give for the decision to drive out the China Men?

2. Why would the woman in "The Ghostmate" ask the young man to make her shoes?

3. What is an immortal?

4. Which best describes the genre of these two chapters: "The Ghostmate" and "The Father From America"?

5. How does Kingston show that the main character is enjoying his feast with the woman of the house in "The Ghostmate"?

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