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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Li Sao: An Elegy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the narrator in this chapter?
(a) the mother
(b) the stranger
(c) the father
(d) the author

2. In Honolulu, what does Kingston's friend, the dancer, report about Kingston's ancestral village?
(a) the people are housed and fed
(b) family members had been forced out to build apartments
(c) the people in the village are ignorant and lazy
(d) the people greeted her with a parade

3. What reason is given for torturing Tang Ao?
(a) to teach him a lesson about respecting women
(b) to prepare Tang to meet the queen
(c) to punish him for coming to the Land of Women
(d) to make him look like a woman

4. How does the game officer that first spots the Wild Man in the Green Swamp know that what he sees is not a bear?
(a) The Wild Man stands up and confronts the officer.
(b) The Wild Man drags a burlap bag behind him.
(c) The officer calls out to the Wild Man who responds in a language the officer cannot understand.
(d) The officer sees a figure hunched over a fire.

5. From what point of view is "On Fathers" written?
(a) third--person omniscient
(b) first-person narrative
(c) first-person observer
(d) third-person limited

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last thing the women do to prepare Tang to meet the queen?

2. How might Kingston's father's life have been different had he passed the Imperial Examinations with honors?

3. How does Sao rid himself of his mother's ghost?

4. Which details from the text imply that Father is a successful business man?

5. What metaphor does Tang use to compare his bandages hanging to dry?

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