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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 do the children reach into the man's pockets?
(a) The children think he has something that belongs to them.
(b) The children want to steal his money.
(c) The children are looking for his photo identification.
(d) The children expect to find surprises for them in his pockets.

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

3. How does Father acknowledge that he recognizes the children?
(a) He picks up the pace of his walk to a jog.
(b) He turned around and walked the other direction.
(c) He waves his hands and smiles broadly.
(d) He salutes them with one finger touching his hat.

4. After Captain Carroll rescues the China Men from being adrift in the sea, where do the China Men ask the Captain to take them?
(a) California
(b) China
(c) Cuba
(d) Douglas Island

5. Which character from Kingston's folktales in China Men suffers the most?
(a) Bak Goong the great grandfather
(b) Tu Tzu-chun
(c) The young man
(d) Maui the trickster in

Short Answer Questions

1. What signed document states that Chinese and Americans could freely travel, trade, and live in either country?

2. What food product is Uncle Bun obsessed with when the reader first meets him?

3. What happens after the bird laughs in "On Mortality Again"?

4. What does Ah Po show BaBa's brothers to explain that he is different from them?

5. Which is the setting for Kingston's biography of great grandfather Bak Goong in "The Great Grandfather of Sandalwood Mountains"?

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