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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. Which best describes the setting of "On Fathers"?
(a) a farm in rural area
(b) a street in Stockton, CA
(c) downtown
(d) the author's yard

2. How does the woman in "The Ghostmate" get her visitors to stay longer than they intend to?
(a) She convinces the young man that she is better for him than his wife.
(b) She brings the young man the very fruits, the very poem, the very game he likes best.
(c) She locks the young man in the dungeon.
(d) She tells the young man the long story of her tragic life.

3. What does Ah Goong, BaBa's father, do with BaBa that horrifies the family?
(a) Ah Goong sang girl songs to BaBa.
(b) Ah Goong climbed high up to a second floor window to watch BaBa be born.
(c) Ah Goong trades BaBa for a neighbor's girl baby.
(d) Ah Goong jumped on BaBa's stomach for hours.

4. What indicates to the young man in "The Ghostmate" that the woman is "old style"?
(a) he does not like the clothing she left him
(b) long combs and traditional eye make-up
(c) she serves him a meal
(d) the food is just the right temperature

5. How does the stranger respond to the children's mistake?
(a) He is speechless and ignores them altogether.
(b) He swats the children away from him as if they were flies.
(c) He laughs and tells them they made a mistake.
(d) He gets angry and yells at Mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the women do to help stir the cool female winds inside Tang's body?

2. Which is an example from the text of sensory details?

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

4. Which best describes the genre of these two chapters: "The Ghostmate" and "The Father From America"?

5. Why does Kingston grow up thinking her Father hates girls and women?

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