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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the last thing the women do to prepare Tang to meet the queen?
(a) feed Tang chicken wings to make his hair shine
(b) force Tang to wash his used bandages
(c) powder Tang's face and put makeup on him
(d) pierce Tang's ears

3. 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 lure them to work at their farm
(c) trying to cast demons from the Chinese workers
(d) trying to convert the Chinese to Christianity

4. When does the story of Tu-Tzu-chin take place?
(a) middle of the 19th century
(b) modern times
(c) middle of the 16th century
(d) middle of the 1st century

5. Which best describes the genre of these two chapters: "The Ghostmate" and "The Father From America"?
(a) autobiography and biography
(b) folktale and nonfiction
(c) realistic fiction and autobiography
(d) fantasy tale and biography

Short Answer Questions

1. What part of Tang Ao's wardrobe is shaped like a bridge?

2. How does great grandfather Bak Goong break the rules of silence while working in Sandalwood Mountain?

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

4. The seer does not disturb the spirits in the clouds in "On Mortality Again" __________________________.

5. What were the Chinese wives most likely afraid of when their husbands left for Gold Mountain?

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