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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 does Ah Po show BaBa's brothers to explain that he is different from them?
(a) BaBa's hair was a different color than theirs.
(b) BaBa's skinny, frail body had hands made for holding pens.
(c) BaBa was the largest boy born so far in the family.
(d) BaBa's head was shaped differently than theirs.

2. Who are the children referring to when they call out, "BaBa!"?
(a) their father
(b) the stranger
(c) their grandparents
(d) their mother

3. What rule do the "white demons" enforce that is problematic for great grandfather Bak Goong while he is working in the sugar cane fields?
(a) singing
(b) silence
(c) counting
(d) working

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

5. What is the Chinaman's hat in "The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains"?
(a) the place in town where Chinese workers gamble
(b) the top of Sandalwood Mountain
(c) an island
(d) a hat to protect the Chinese workers

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hina of the night sleep?

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

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

4. What is an immortal?

5. What happens after the bird laughs in "On Mortality Again"?

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