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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Honolulu, what does Kingston's friend, the dancer, report about Kingston's ancestral village?
(a) the people in the village are ignorant and lazy
(b) the people are housed and fed
(c) the people greeted her with a parade
(d) family members had been forced out to build apartments

2. Where do Ed and MaMa go after Ed is ousted from the laundry business?
(a) to Alaska
(b) to Long Island
(c) to California
(d) to the movies

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

4. What is the procedure that the women are using on Tang's feet called?
(a) bandaging
(b) streaming
(c) swaddling
(d) footbinding

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many fortunes does Tu Tzu-chun spend?

4. What does the monk tell Tu Tzu-chun about the task he has in store for Tu?

5. How does the woman in "The Ghostmate" get her visitors to stay longer than they intend to?

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