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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the narrator in this chapter?
(a) the father
(b) the stranger
(c) the mother
(d) the author

2. Which of the following indicates that "The Ghostmate" is a fantasy?
(a) the winds whip up
(b) mountains rise until the peaks fade from sight
(c) naked drought-dwarfs with one eye on top run for cover
(d) trees howl and bend to earth

3. Which of the following is an example of figurative language?
(a) We jumped off the fence.
(b) He took our hands out of his pockets.
(c) His good leather shoes with the wingtips
(d) man wears our father's two-hundred dollar suit.

4. What metaphor does Tang use to compare his bandages hanging to dry?
(a) gathered his toes over and under another
(b) streamers that drooped and draped wall to wall
(c) like a moth's wings
(d) like underwear

5. What is the meaning of the word hastening in the opening lines of "On Fathers"?
(a) stopping to tie shoe laces
(b) speeding up the pace of walking
(c) running quickly by
(d) slowing down the pace of walking

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Chinaman's hat in "The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains"?

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

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

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

5. Who is Tu Tzu-chun's examiner?

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