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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 Tang Ao doing when he meets the Queen?
(a) putting jade studs into his ears
(b) serving a meal to the Queen's court
(c) playing an instrument
(d) having a meal with the queen's court

2. Which details from the text imply that Father is a successful business man?
(a) He wears a coat with tobacco smell.
(b) He continues his walk down our street.
(c) He wears two-hundred dollar suits and good leather shoes with wingtips.
(d) He is tall and thin.

3. What part of Tang Ao's wardrobe is shaped like a bridge?
(a) shoes
(b) hat
(c) apron
(d) tunic

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

5. 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) Tourists of the United States are listed as missing in newspapers
(c) Kingston's mother insists she did not reveal their secret.
(d) Kingston's uncle threatens to kill her nephew if she does.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following indicates that "The Ghostmate" is a fantasy?

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

3. In Honolulu, what does Kingston's friend, the dancer, report about Kingston's ancestral village?

4. Which best describes the author when she sends money to her cousin in China?

5. What purpose does the mother character serve by entering the story at this point?

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