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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through On Mortality Again.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the monk tell Tu Tzu-chun about the task he has in store for Tu?
(a) Swallow these three white pills.
(b) Talk, or I'll dash its head against the rocks.
(c) Hide your broken arms in your sleeves.
(d) All that you will see and feel will be illusions.

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

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) the food is just the right temperature
(c) long combs and traditional eye make-up
(d) she serves him a meal

5. How long had Ed been away from China before he and MaMa were reunited in New York City?
(a) 10 years
(b) 2 years
(c) 15 years
(d) 5 years

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the "Jesus demons" trying to do when they visit the work camp where Bak Goong lives?

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

3. Which of the following is an example of a simile used in "The Ghostmate"?

4. In Honolulu, what does Kingston's friend, the dancer, report about Kingston's ancestral village?

5. What does Ah Po show BaBa's brothers to explain that he is different from them?

(see the answer key)

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