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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. What mood does the letter from Kingston's friend, the physicist, reflect about his return visit to their common ancestral village?
(a) hopeful
(b) despair
(c) hostile
(d) indifference

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

3. What rule do the "white demons" enforce that is problematic for great grandfather Bak Goong while he is working in the sugar cane fields?
(a) working
(b) silence
(c) singing
(d) counting

4. How might Kingston's father's life have been different had he passed the Imperial Examinations with honors?
(a) Kingston's father may not have come to Gold Mountain.
(b) Kingston's father may have married an American woman.
(c) Kingston's father may have traveled the world in luxury.
(d) Kingston's father may not have had to work a single day in his life.

5. What does a Chinese bride do for three nights before she marries?
(a) She hides from her groom-to-be and his family.
(b) She sits behind bed curtains to sing and weep.
(c) She listens to the prayers of women in the village.
(d) She prepares three thousand wedding cakes.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the woman in "The Ghostmate" get her visitors to stay longer than they intend to?

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

3. Why do the children reach into the man's pockets?

4. Who are the children referring to when they call out, "BaBa!"?

5. Which best describes the setting of "On Fathers"?

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