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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. How does the wife that great grandfather Bak Sook Goong takes back to China affect Kingston's heritage?
(a) The new wife has no affect on Kingston's heritage.
(b) The new wife insists on returning to Hawaii with the rest of the family, removing them from China for good.
(c) The new wife's children start the line of Hawaiian-Chinese family members.
(d) The new wife refuses to blend with Bak Sook Goong's other wives, causing the first divorce in her family.
2. Which best describes the author when she sends money to her cousin in China?
(a) a child in China
(b) an adult in China
(c) an adult in California
(d) a child in California
3. Why is there a communal dining room at the Chinese village where Kingston's ancestors lived?
(a) All the villagers are prisoners of war.
(b) The Communists serve food to villagers in large dining halls
(c) It is a traditional way of sharing meals in Chinese villages.
(d) All the villagers' homes are destroyed by bombs.
4. In "The Ghostmate," what does the young man see along the path that comforts him a little?
(a) rabbits
(b) charging dogs
(c) red paper
(d) peacocks
5. Who is the author speaking or writing to in the beginning of "The Father from China"?
(a) her siblings
(b) her mother
(c) her father
(d) her readers
Short Answer Questions
1. Which best describes the genre of these two chapters: "The Ghostmate" and "The Father From America"?
2. In Honolulu, what does Kingston's friend, the dancer, report about Kingston's ancestral village?
3. Which of the following is an example of a simile used in "The Ghostmate"?
4. What is the meaning of the word hastening in the opening lines of "On Fathers"?
5. What rule do the "white demons" enforce that is problematic for great grandfather Bak Goong while he is working in the sugar cane fields?
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