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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. Who is the author speaking or writing to in the beginning of "The Father from China"?
(a) her mother
(b) her siblings
(c) her readers
(d) her father
2. What makes the author afraid to name the village in China where her family lives?
(a) stories of Communist arresting family member of immigrants
(b) Kingston's uncle threatens to kill her nephew if she does.
(c) Kingston's mother insists she did not reveal their secret.
(d) Tourists of the United States are listed as missing in newspapers
3. What is the consequence of Tu Tzu-chun failing the monk's test?
(a) All Chinese babies will be born with a
(b) Tu Tzu-chun must repay all the money he spent over the last three lifetimes.
(c) Humanity has lost the chance for immortality.
(d) Humanity will become deaf and mute.
4. Which details from the text imply that Father is a successful business man?
(a) He continues his walk down our street.
(b) He wears a coat with tobacco smell.
(c) He wears two-hundred dollar suits and good leather shoes with wingtips.
(d) He is tall and thin.
5. What are the "Jesus demons" trying to do when they visit the work camp where Bak Goong lives?
(a) trying to baptize the Chinese workers
(b) trying to cast demons from the Chinese workers
(c) trying to convert the Chinese to Christianity
(d) trying to lure them to work at their farm
Short Answer Questions
1. Which is the setting for Kingston's biography of great grandfather Bak Goong in "The Great Grandfather of Sandalwood Mountains"?
2. How long had Ed been away from China before he and MaMa were reunited in New York City?
3. In "The Ghostmate, what imagery does Kingston use when the main character arrives at the house?
4. What culture is the character Maui from in "On Mortality Again"?
5. In Honolulu, what does Kingston's friend, the dancer, report about Kingston's ancestral village?
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