1. What reason is given for torturing Tang Ao?
(a) to make him look like a woman
(b) to punish him for coming to the Land of Women
(c) to prepare Tang to meet the queen
(d) to teach him a lesson about respecting women

2. What does Kingston notice about the Wild Man as shown in the photos of his capture appearing in the newspaper?
(a) The Wild Man was neat and clean and did not act wild or fight his captors.
(b) The men in cowboy hats that escorted him out of the swamp appeared to have given quite a fight against the Wild Man.
(c) The Wild Man was crying as his captors led him out of the swamp.
(d) The Wild Man's hair and beard were extremely long, because he was unable to groom himself in the swamp.

3. To what does Kingston refer with the metaphor "the living night"?
(a) a pile of manure
(b) a stagecoach
(c) the dark shed
(d) a black horse

4. Which of the following is an example of a simile used in "The Ghostmate"?
(a) Steam rises as if a mirage of food floated on the table.
(b) The orange of the firelight suffuses the prorcelain.
(c) The bowls of soup are bottomless.
(d) He gorges; he indulges his appetite.

5. Who is Chan Moong Gut in "The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains"?
(a) the other great grandfather that worked in the Sandalwood Mountains
(b) a magical character in Bak Goong's tall tales
(c) the ghost of Bak Goong's dead father
(d) the young man who left his village for the Imperial Examinations