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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. How does great grandfather Bak Goong break the rules of silence while working in Sandalwood Mountain?
(a) Bak Goong deliberately sings in front of the masters.
(b) Bak Goong talks quietly to himself.
(c) Bak Goong sends written notes to other workers.
(d) Bak Goong coughs out Chinese words the masters cannot understand.

2. What is Ch'u Yuan looking for as he seeks another like him in the world?
(a) an arrogant, all-knowing citizen
(b) a phoenix dispossessed
(c) a lost prince trying to spread the word of peace
(d) an uncorrupted human being

3. What does Ah Po show BaBa's brothers to explain that he is different from them?
(a) BaBa's hair was a different color than theirs.
(b) BaBa's head was shaped differently than theirs.
(c) BaBa's skinny, frail body had hands made for holding pens.
(d) BaBa was the largest boy born so far in the family.

4. Which tax is enforced on Chinese immigrants living in California in order to pay for the extra policing their presence requires?
(a) the cubic air ordinance
(b) the cigar tax
(c) the laundry tax
(d) the police tax

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What details do we learn about the Wild Man when he talks to the translator in his jail cell?

2. To what does Kingston refer with the metaphor "the living night"?

3. What does it finally take to capture the Wild Man of the Green Swamp?

4. Why do the basketmen stop working in autumn?

5. What month is stated as the date for both stories of the Driving Out in Alaska?

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