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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Wild Man of the Green Swamp.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Honolulu, what does Kingston's friend, the dancer, report about Kingston's ancestral village?
(a) the people greeted her with a parade
(b) the people in the village are ignorant and lazy
(c) family members had been forced out to build apartments
(d) the people are housed and fed

3. Why would the woman in "The Ghostmate" ask the young man to make her shoes?
(a) The woman is poor and needs a pair of shoes.
(b) The woman is trying to distract the young man from the storm.
(c) The woman keeps her visitors with her by making them make things for her.
(d) The woman wants her visitor to leave right away.

4. What does the blind fortune teller predict will happen to Kingston's San Francisco Aunt over her lifetime?
(a) Aunt will meet her husband in Hong Kong.
(b) Aunt will marry three times.
(c) Aunt will own a shoe store throughout her life.
(d) Aunt will gain and lose fortunes many times.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Kingston grow up thinking her Father hates girls and women?

2. Who were the Gold Mountain Sojourners?

3. What do the two old women do to Tang Ao with the needles?

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

5. In "The Ghostmate," what does the young man see along the path that comforts him a little?

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