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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 does the stranger respond to the children's mistake?
(a) He laughs and tells them they made a mistake.
(b) He is speechless and ignores them altogether.
(c) He gets angry and yells at Mother.
(d) He swats the children away from him as if they were flies.

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

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

4. How many years, according to Ah Goong, does it take to complete the railroad?
(a) two years
(b) ten years
(c) six years
(d) twenty years

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Tu Tzu-chun's examiner?

2. What is the consequence of Tu Tzu-chun failing the monk's test?

3. Which of the following is an example of a simile used in "The Ghostmate"?

4. Where does Hina of the night sleep?

5. What do the two old women do to Tang Ao with the needles?

(see the answer key)

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