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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) The young husband should have hinted for some leftovers to bring home.
(b) He asks, "Do you live alone?"
(c) Instead he feeds like a zoo animal.
(d) His wife would enjoy hearing about his lucky night.

2. How many times does Ah Goong go to Gold Mountain?
(a) five times
(b) one time
(c) three times
(d) never

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

4. In the first telling of the Driving Out of Alaska, who relocates the China Men?
(a) White demons with guns and tools
(b) Indians in war canoes
(c) Chinese scab laborers
(d) Indians on a schooner

5. Why would the woman in "The Ghostmate" ask the young man to make her shoes?
(a) The woman wants her visitor to leave right away.
(b) The woman is trying to distract the young man from the storm.
(c) The woman is poor and needs a pair of shoes.
(d) The woman keeps her visitors with her by making them make things for her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Guan Goong?

2. Why do the basketmen stop working in autumn?

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

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

5. What indicates to the young man in "The Ghostmate" that the woman is "old style"?

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