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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 poor and needs a pair of shoes.
(c) The woman is trying to distract the young man from the storm.
(d) The woman keeps her visitors with her by making them make things for her.

2. What is the procedure that the women are using on Tang's feet called?
(a) bandaging
(b) footbinding
(c) swaddling
(d) streaming

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

4. What makes the author afraid to name the village in China where her family lives?
(a) stories of Communist arresting family member of immigrants
(b) Kingston's uncle threatens to kill her nephew if she does.
(c) Kingston's mother insists she did not reveal their secret.
(d) Tourists of the United States are listed as missing in newspapers

5. What are the "Jesus demons" trying to do when they visit the work camp where Bak Goong lives?
(a) trying to baptize the Chinese workers
(b) trying to convert the Chinese to Christianity
(c) trying to lure them to work at their farm
(d) trying to cast demons from the Chinese workers

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason is given for torturing Tang Ao?

2. What does a Chinese bride do for three nights before she marries?

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

4. Why does the young man enter the house of the young widow?

5. Who is the narrator in this chapter?

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