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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. Why is there a communal dining room at the Chinese village where Kingston's ancestors lived?
(a) The Communists serve food to villagers in large dining halls
(b) All the villagers are prisoners of war.
(c) It is a traditional way of sharing meals in Chinese villages.
(d) All the villagers' homes are destroyed by bombs.

2. What is the consequence of Tu Tzu-chun failing the monk's test?
(a) Humanity will become deaf and mute.
(b) Tu Tzu-chun must repay all the money he spent over the last three lifetimes.
(c) Humanity has lost the chance for immortality.
(d) All Chinese babies will be born with a

3. What does the Wild Man do when he ventures out of the Green Swamp?
(a) He doesn't ever leave the swamp.
(b) robs farmers for food
(c) goes to a restaurant
(d) takes fruit and corn from farms

4. Where do Ed and MaMa go after Ed is ousted from the laundry business?
(a) to Alaska
(b) to California
(c) to the movies
(d) to Long Island

5. What is the meaning of the word hastening in the opening lines of "On Fathers"?
(a) stopping to tie shoe laces
(b) slowing down the pace of walking
(c) speeding up the pace of walking
(d) running quickly by

Short Answer Questions

1. Which best describes the genre of these two chapters: "The Ghostmate" and "The Father From America"?

2. What mood does the letter from Kingston's friend, the physicist, reflect about his return visit to their common ancestral village?

3. What do people in Alaska do to track events in their lives and their community?

4. What tradition does Mad Sao perform at his mother's graveside that the Kingston family does not do after Uncle Kau's funeral?

5. To what does this simile refer: "Sap ran from its cuts like crying blind eyes"?

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