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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. In "The Ghostmate, what imagery does Kingston use when the main character arrives at the house?
(a) The music that accompanies the young man turns dark.
(b) The green and black trees twist and turn.
(c) The storm dies when the young man knocks at a gate.
(d) A bolt of lightning illuminates the young man at the door.

2. Where in the world is the Women's Land according to ancient scholars?
(a) Africa
(b) China
(c) Antarctica
(d) North America

3. Which of the following indicates that "The Ghostmate" is a fantasy?
(a) naked drought-dwarfs with one eye on top run for cover
(b) mountains rise until the peaks fade from sight
(c) the winds whip up
(d) trees howl and bend to earth

4. Who were the Gold Mountain Sojourners?
(a) the teachers who graded papers every night for the Chinese children
(b) the men who mined the gold in America
(c) the men who went to America and then returned to China
(d) the white demons that control the immigrant Chinese men

5. What were the Chinese wives most likely afraid of when their husbands left for Gold Mountain?
(a) that their husbands might bring back a new wife
(b) that their husbands will get harmed by bandits while still in China
(c) that their husbands would settle in America with new wives
(d) that their husbands would return broke and broken

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kingston grow up thinking her Father hates girls and women?

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

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

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

5. To what does the narrator in "The Ghostmate" compare the woman's hair?

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