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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. What does Ah Po show BaBa's brothers to explain that he is different from them?
(a) BaBa's head was shaped differently than theirs.
(b) BaBa's hair was a different color than theirs.
(c) BaBa was the largest boy born so far in the family.
(d) BaBa's skinny, frail body had hands made for holding pens.

2. Why does the young man enter the house of the young widow?
(a) He seeks shelter from a storm along the mountain path.
(b) He is being chased by dogs.
(c) He is lonely and seeks companionship.
(d) He is selling wares door-to-door

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

4. How does Kingston show that the main character is enjoying his feast with the woman of the house in "The Ghostmate"?
(a) Kingston says that the young man hears a deer cry.
(b) Kingston says the meal lasts a long while.
(c) Kingston says he feeds like an aristocrat.
(d) Kingston describes the disgusting way that the young man eats.

5. Which of the following is an example of figurative language?
(a) man wears our father's two-hundred dollar suit.
(b) His good leather shoes with the wingtips
(c) He took our hands out of his pockets.
(d) We jumped off the fence.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what point of view is "On Fathers" written?

2. Why do the children reach into the man's pockets?

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

4. Which details from the text imply that Father is a successful business man?

5. What part of Tang Ao's wardrobe is shaped like a bridge?

(see the answer key)

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