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

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

3. How does Kingston show that the main character is enjoying his feast with the woman of the house in "The Ghostmate"?
(a) Kingston describes the disgusting way that the young man eats.
(b) Kingston says he feeds like an aristocrat.
(c) Kingston says the meal lasts a long while.
(d) Kingston says that the young man hears a deer cry.

4. What is the Chinaman's hat in "The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains"?
(a) an island
(b) a hat to protect the Chinese workers
(c) the place in town where Chinese workers gamble
(d) the top of Sandalwood Mountain

5. What are the "Jesus demons" trying to do when they visit the work camp where Bak Goong lives?
(a) trying to baptize the Chinese workers
(b) trying to cast demons from the Chinese workers
(c) trying to lure them to work at their farm
(d) trying to convert the Chinese to Christianity

Short Answer Questions

1. What rule do the "white demons" enforce that is problematic for great grandfather Bak Goong while he is working in the sugar cane fields?

2. In "The Ghostmate, what imagery does Kingston use when the main character arrives at the house?

3. How does the wife that great grandfather Bak Sook Goong takes back to China affect Kingston's heritage?

4. How do Ed's partners swindle him out of the business?

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

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