1. What kind of poem does Ch'u Yuan write before he drowns?
(a) a haiku
(b) a pourqois poem
(c) an epic tale told in poetic form
(d) a poem of questions with no answers

2. How does Sing Kay Ng get his name?
(a) Sing Kay Ng makes up his own name after he learns Chinese from Lo Bun Sun.
(b) Sing Kay Ng gets his Chinese name from his Chinese mother.
(c) Lo Bun Sun names him Sing Kay Ng because the man has a limp.
(d) Lo Bun Sun names him Sing Kay Ng because it means fleeing man.

3. What is happening on the East Coast at the same time as the Central Pacific is forging through the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the West?
(a) The U.S. Civil War
(b) World War I
(c) The French and Indian War
(d) The Revolutionary War

4. What does Ch'u Yuan decide to do once he accepts that he cannot return home?
(a) Ch'u Yuan prays for with the corrupt world.
(b) Ch'u Yuan tells the river all of his tales.
(c) Ch'u Yuan starts the tradition of wrapping rice in leaves once every year
(d) Ch'u Yuan jumps in the river and drowns.

5. How long had Ed been away from China before he and MaMa were reunited in New York City?
(a) 15 years
(b) 2 years
(c) 10 years
(d) 5 years

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Supreme Court case overturns San Francisco safety ordinances, thereby admitting that California laws are designed to harass Chinese immigrants?

2. Why was Ch'u Yuan banished from the Center and from the Royal Court?

3. How does the stranger respond to the children's mistake?

4. What were the Chinese wives most likely afraid of when their husbands left for Gold Mountain?

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

(see the answer key)

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