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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. What culture is the character Maui from in "On Mortality Again"?
(a) Chinese
(b) American
(c) African
(d) Polynesian

2. Which best describes the genre of these two chapters: "The Ghostmate" and "The Father From America"?
(a) realistic fiction and autobiography
(b) fantasy tale and biography
(c) autobiography and biography
(d) folktale and nonfiction

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

4. Which railroad company building the Transcontinental Railroad does Ah Goong work for?
(a) The Colorado Railroad
(b) the Central Pacific Railroad
(c) the Union Pacific Railroad
(d) The Mississippi Railroad

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 would return broke and broken
(c) that their husbands will get harmed by bandits while still in China
(d) that their husbands would settle in America with new wives

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Kingston show that the main character is enjoying his feast with the woman of the house in "The Ghostmate"?

2. What condition does the monk set on what Tu Tzu-chun can do during his illusions?

3. Which character from Kingston's folktales in China Men suffers the most?

4. What happens that begins Father's most dismal time in "The American Father"?

5. From whom do MaMa and Father have to keep their savings a secret?

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