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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 might Kingston's father's life have been different had he passed the Imperial Examinations with honors?
(a) Kingston's father may not have had to work a single day in his life.
(b) Kingston's father may have traveled the world in luxury.
(c) Kingston's father may have married an American woman.
(d) Kingston's father may not have come to Gold Mountain.

2. What was used first to keep the holes open in Tang Ao's earlobes?
(a) jade studs
(b) gold loops
(c) silk threads
(d) sticks of straw

3. Which of the following is an example of figurative language?
(a) His good leather shoes with the wingtips
(b) We jumped off the fence.
(c) He took our hands out of his pockets.
(d) man wears our father's two-hundred dollar suit.

4. In "The Ghostmate, what imagery does Kingston use when the main character arrives at the house?
(a) A bolt of lightning illuminates the young man at the door.
(b) The green and black trees twist and turn.
(c) The music that accompanies the young man turns dark.
(d) The storm dies when the young man knocks at a gate.

5. What is Tang Ao doing when he meets the Queen?
(a) putting jade studs into his ears
(b) playing an instrument
(c) serving a meal to the Queen's court
(d) having a meal with the queen's court

Short Answer Questions

1. Which railroad company building the Transcontinental Railroad does Ah Goong work for?

2. What does a Chinese bride do for three nights before she marries?

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

4. What makes the author afraid to name the village in China where her family lives?

5. What does Ah Po show BaBa's brothers to explain that he is different from them?

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