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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 is Tang Ao doing when he meets the Queen?
(a) having a meal with the queen's court
(b) serving a meal to the Queen's court
(c) playing an instrument
(d) putting jade studs into his ears

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

3. What do the women do to help stir the cool female winds inside Tang's body?
(a) giveTang tea with white chrysanthemums
(b) unwrap the bindings from Tang's feet
(c) make Tang wash the bandages used to bind his feet
(d) make Tang sit in the rain and wind

4. 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 locks the young man in the dungeon.
(c) She tells the young man the long story of her tragic life.
(d) She brings the young man the very fruits, the very poem, the very game he likes best.

5. Where in the world is the Women's Land according to ancient scholars?
(a) North America
(b) Africa
(c) China
(d) Antarctica

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which of the following is an example of figurative language?

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

4. What is the last thing the women do to prepare Tang to meet the queen?

5. Which details from the text imply that Father is a successful business man?

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