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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 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 mother insists she did not reveal their secret.
(c) Tourists of the United States are listed as missing in newspapers
(d) Kingston's uncle threatens to kill her nephew if she does.

2. Where in the world is the Women's Land according to ancient scholars?
(a) Antarctica
(b) China
(c) North America
(d) Africa

3. 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.

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

5. How do the women manage to capture Tang Ao?
(a) The women kneeled to take off his shoes.
(b) Tang Ao is not on guard against ladies.
(c) The women use weapons to make him come along.
(d) The women tackle him and tie his hands together.

Short Answer Questions

1. What reason is given for torturing Tang Ao?

2. Why does Kingston think that Stockton is a special place to live?

3. Which of the following indicates that "The Ghostmate" is a fantasy?

4. What do the women do to help stir the cool female winds inside Tang's body?

5. Why would the woman in "The Ghostmate" ask the young man to make her shoes?

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