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

2. Which is the setting for Kingston's biography of great grandfather Bak Goong in "The Great Grandfather of Sandalwood Mountains"?
(a) California
(b) Cuba
(c) Taiwan
(d) Hawaii

3. Who is Tu Tzu-chun's examiner?
(a) Tu Tzu-chun's father
(b) Tu Tzu-chong reincarnated
(c) The Buddah
(d) A Taoist monk

4. How does great grandfather Bak Goong break the rules of silence while working in Sandalwood Mountain?
(a) Bak Goong deliberately sings in front of the masters.
(b) Bak Goong sends written notes to other workers.
(c) Bak Goong coughs out Chinese words the masters cannot understand.
(d) Bak Goong talks quietly to himself.

5. Who were the Gold Mountain Sojourners?
(a) the men who went to America and then returned to China
(b) the teachers who graded papers every night for the Chinese children
(c) the white demons that control the immigrant Chinese men
(d) the men who mined the gold in America

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Ghostmate, what imagery does Kingston use when the main character arrives at the house?

2. What are the contents of the Wild Man's bag which is made from a pair of pants?

3. When does the story of Tu-Tzu-chin take place?

4. How does the stranger respond to the children's mistake?

5. Which railroad company building the Transcontinental Railroad does Ah Goong work for?

(see the answer key)

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