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

2. How does Father acknowledge that he recognizes the children?
(a) He waves his hands and smiles broadly.
(b) He turned around and walked the other direction.
(c) He salutes them with one finger touching his hat.
(d) He picks up the pace of his walk to a jog.

3. What does a Chinese bride do for three nights before she marries?
(a) She prepares three thousand wedding cakes.
(b) She listens to the prayers of women in the village.
(c) She sits behind bed curtains to sing and weep.
(d) She hides from her groom-to-be and his family.

4. What purpose does the mother character serve by entering the story at this point?
(a) She introduces a conflict that the children have to solve.
(b) She provides an adult female presence to balance the male presence of the stranger.
(c) She moves the plot along and explains how the children could make such a mistake.
(d) She becomes the focus of the children so that they stop focusing on the stranger.

5. Why do the children reach into the man's pockets?
(a) The children are looking for his photo identification.
(b) The children want to steal his money.
(c) The children expect to find surprises for them in his pockets.
(d) The children think he has something that belongs to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What condition does the monk set on what Tu Tzu-chun can do during his illusions?

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

3. Which best describes the genre of these two chapters: "The Ghostmate" and "The Father From America"?

4. What is an immortal?

5. What happens after the bird laughs in "On Mortality Again"?

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