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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Grandfather of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is it that Maui instructs all the living creatures on Earth to do in order to accomplish his goal?
(a) stay silent
(b) sing in tune
(c) walk on water
(d) read the clouds

2. What sight does the bird see that causes it to start laughing?
(a) Maui teaching the children to be silent
(b) Maui's legs as he tunnels out of Hina's vagina
(c) Maui entering Hina's vagina
(d) Maui diving into the ocean

3. The seer does not disturb the spirits in the clouds in "On Mortality Again" __________________________.
(a) because the seer doesn't hear any spirits in the clouds
(b) because the seer is afraid Maui will hurt him if the seer speaks to the spirits
(c) because the seer doesn't want to draw the attention of the spirits to Maui's trick
(d) because the seer is afraid the spirits will punish him

4. From what point of view is "On Fathers" written?
(a) first-person narrative
(b) first-person observer
(c) third-person limited
(d) third--person omniscient

5. How many times does Ah Goong go to Gold Mountain?
(a) three times
(b) five times
(c) never
(d) one time

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why do the basketmen stop working in autumn?

3. Which best describes the author when she sends money to her cousin in China?

4. What is supposedly the cause of the "Mongolian spot" on some Chinese babies?

5. Why is there a communal dining room at the Chinese village where Kingston's ancestors lived?

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