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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For whom do the Juneau citizens hold the largest funeral Alaska ever sees?
(a) China Joe
(b) Captain Carroll
(c) Citizenship Judge
(d) President of the Treadwell Mining Company

2. Why do the children reach into the man's pockets?
(a) The children expect to find surprises for them in his pockets.
(b) The children think he has something that belongs to them.
(c) The children are looking for his photo identification.
(d) The children want to steal his money.

3. In "The Ghostmate," what does the young man see along the path that comforts him a little?
(a) charging dogs
(b) red paper
(c) peacocks
(d) rabbits

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

5. What is the consequence of Tu Tzu-chun failing the monk's test?
(a) Humanity has lost the chance for immortality.
(b) Tu Tzu-chun must repay all the money he spent over the last three lifetimes.
(c) Humanity will become deaf and mute.
(d) All Chinese babies will be born with a

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Father acknowledge that he recognizes the children?

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

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

4. How does the woman in "The Ghostmate" get her visitors to stay longer than they intend to?

5. What purpose does the mother character serve by entering the story at this point?

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