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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 do the women do to help stir the cool female winds inside Tang's body?
(a) giveTang tea with white chrysanthemums
(b) make Tang sit in the rain and wind
(c) unwrap the bindings from Tang's feet
(d) make Tang wash the bandages used to bind his feet

2. Which two islands does Kingston suggest her father had gone to before entering America?
(a) Hawaii and Cuba
(b) Angel Island and Ellis Island
(c) Ellis Island and Cuba
(d) Angel Island and Cuba

3. Which of the following indicates that "The Ghostmate" is a fantasy?
(a) the winds whip up
(b) trees howl and bend to earth
(c) naked drought-dwarfs with one eye on top run for cover
(d) mountains rise until the peaks fade from sight

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

5. What does Ah Goong, BaBa's father, do with BaBa that horrifies the family?
(a) Ah Goong climbed high up to a second floor window to watch BaBa be born.
(b) Ah Goong jumped on BaBa's stomach for hours.
(c) Ah Goong sang girl songs to BaBa.
(d) Ah Goong trades BaBa for a neighbor's girl baby.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the author speaking or writing to in the beginning of "The Father from China"?

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

4. How many fortunes does Tu Tzu-chun spend?

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

(see the answer key)

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