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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. How do the women manage to capture Tang Ao?
(a) The women use weapons to make him come along.
(b) The women tackle him and tie his hands together.
(c) Tang Ao is not on guard against ladies.
(d) The women kneeled to take off his shoes.

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

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

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

5. In "The Ghostmate," what does the young man see along the path that comforts him a little?
(a) red paper
(b) peacocks
(c) rabbits
(d) charging dogs

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Ghostmate, what imagery does Kingston use when the main character arrives at the house?

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

3. How does Father acknowledge that he recognizes the children?

4. Why is this Maui's last deed?

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

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