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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 China Men make up the Chinese population in Alaska?
(a) 100
(b) 700
(c) 1,000
(d) 150

2. Which is an example from the text of sensory details?
(a) watched the man walk away
(b) noses against his coat to sniff his tobacco smell
(c) gold coins that were really chocolate
(d) mother came out of the house

3. What is the one emotion that Tu Tzu-chun cannot overcome in his illusion?
(a) joy
(b) love
(c) sorrow
(d) desire

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

5. 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?
(a) China Men replace white workers who had gone on strike.
(b) China Men bring back with them battalions of soldiers.
(c) China Men fight hand-to-hand battle with the miners.
(d) China Men bargain with the Treadmill Mining Company.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to self-defense, what is the most influential element in the rule of law in Alaska in 1885?

2. Who is the narrator in this chapter?

3. What is the meaning of the word hastening in the opening lines of "On Fathers"?

4. In "The Ghostmate, what imagery does Kingston use when the main character arrives at the house?

5. Who is Guan Goong?

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