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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 Tu Tzu-chun's examiner?
(a) Tu Tzu-chun's father
(b) The Buddah
(c) Tu Tzu-chong reincarnated
(d) A Taoist monk

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

3. Which details from the text imply that Father is a successful business man?
(a) He wears two-hundred dollar suits and good leather shoes with wingtips.
(b) He is tall and thin.
(c) He wears a coat with tobacco smell.
(d) He continues his walk down our street.

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

5. 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) His wife would enjoy hearing about his lucky night.
(c) Instead he feeds like a zoo animal.
(d) The young husband should have hinted for some leftovers to bring home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the monk tell Tu Tzu-chun about the task he has in store for Tu?

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

3. In the second telling of the Driving Out in Alaska, what do returning China Men do to get back to their homes and their jobs?

4. How many days does the China Men's strike in the Sierra Nevada Mountains last before a compromise is made with the Central Pacific Railroad?

5. Which of the following indicates that "The Ghostmate" is a fantasy?

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