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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Maui capable of dying when other gods are immortal?
(a) Maui is vulnerable to disgrace and embarrassment among other living creatures on Earth.
(b) Maui is only a demigod, or partially mortal, in the Polynesian culture.
(c) Maui can be reincarnated as many times as he wants.
(d) Maui is a human with superhuman powers.

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

3. What do the two old women do to Tang Ao with the needles?
(a) pierce Tang's tongue
(b) sew Tang's lips shut
(c) pin Tang's ears to his head
(d) pierce Tang's ears

4. Who is Chan Moong Gut in "The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains"?
(a) the other great grandfather that worked in the Sandalwood Mountains
(b) the young man who left his village for the Imperial Examinations
(c) a magical character in Bak Goong's tall tales
(d) the ghost of Bak Goong's dead father

5. Who were the Gold Mountain Sojourners?
(a) the white demons that control the immigrant Chinese men
(b) the teachers who graded papers every night for the Chinese children
(c) the men who mined the gold in America
(d) the men who went to America and then returned to China

Short Answer Questions

1. How are the two tales, "On Mortality" and "On Mortality Again" similar?

2. Why does the young man enter the house of the young widow?

3. In "The Ghostmate," what does the young man see along the path that comforts him a little?

4. What culture is the character Maui from in "On Mortality Again"?

5. What rule do the "white demons" enforce that is problematic for great grandfather Bak Goong while he is working in the sugar cane fields?

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