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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 is the meaning of the word hastening in the opening lines of "On Fathers"?
(a) running quickly by
(b) stopping to tie shoe laces
(c) slowing down the pace of walking
(d) speeding up the pace of walking

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

3. How do the women manage to capture Tang Ao?
(a) The women tackle him and tie his hands together.
(b) Tang Ao is not on guard against ladies.
(c) The women use weapons to make him come along.
(d) The women kneeled to take off his shoes.

4. Where do Ed and MaMa go after Ed is ousted from the laundry business?
(a) to California
(b) to Alaska
(c) to the movies
(d) to Long Island

5. Why do the children reach into the man's pockets?
(a) The children are looking for his photo identification.
(b) The children expect to find surprises for them in his pockets.
(c) The children think he has something that belongs to them.
(d) The children want to steal his money.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was used first to keep the holes open in Tang Ao's earlobes?

2. Why is there a communal dining room at the Chinese village where Kingston's ancestors lived?

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

4. Which is the setting for Kingston's biography of great grandfather Bak Goong in "The Great Grandfather of Sandalwood Mountains"?

5. What is the simile "like a knot of ginger root" referring to?

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