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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the narrator in this chapter?
(a) the mother
(b) the stranger
(c) the father
(d) the author

2. How does Kingston show that the main character is enjoying his feast with the woman of the house in "The Ghostmate"?
(a) Kingston says the meal lasts a long while.
(b) Kingston says he feeds like an aristocrat.
(c) Kingston says that the young man hears a deer cry.
(d) Kingston describes the disgusting way that the young man eats.

3. What is happening on the East Coast at the same time as the Central Pacific is forging through the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the West?
(a) World War I
(b) The U.S. Civil War
(c) The Revolutionary War
(d) The French and Indian War

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

5. From what point of view is "On Fathers" written?
(a) third--person omniscient
(b) first-person narrative
(c) first-person observer
(d) third-person limited

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time passes between the first and the second Driving Out in "Alaska China Men"?

2. Why does Kingston think that Stockton is a special place to live?

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

4. How many years, according to Ah Goong, does it take to complete the railroad?

5. Which best describes the setting of "On Fathers"?

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