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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 indicates to the young man in "The Ghostmate" that the woman is "old style"?
(a) she serves him a meal
(b) long combs and traditional eye make-up
(c) the food is just the right temperature
(d) he does not like the clothing she left him

2. 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 come to Gold Mountain.
(b) Kingston's father may have married an American woman.
(c) Kingston's father may have traveled the world in luxury.
(d) Kingston's father may not have had to work a single day in his life.

3. Which best describes the author when she sends money to her cousin in China?
(a) an adult in California
(b) a child in China
(c) a child in California
(d) an adult in China

4. Why does Kingston grow up thinking her Father hates girls and women?
(a) Father would punish Kingston and her siblings by not speaking to them.
(b) Father had a bad experience with his own mother that Kingston doesn't understand.
(c) Kingston has memories of her father cursing about gypsies that swindled him.
(d) Father wakes up screaming from nightmares at night.

5. Which railroad company building the Transcontinental Railroad does Ah Goong work for?
(a) the Central Pacific Railroad
(b) the Union Pacific Railroad
(c) The Mississippi Railroad
(d) The Colorado Railroad

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of the word hastening in the opening lines of "On Fathers"?

2. What metaphor does Tang use to compare his bandages hanging to dry?

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?

4. From what point of view is "On Fathers" written?

5. How do Ed's partners swindle him out of the business?

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