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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 does Kingston think that Stockton is a special place to live?
(a) Kingston's grandfathers worked on the tracks in Stockton where Kingston and her family live.
(b) Kingston could ride the trains anytime she wanted.
(c) Flocks of hoboes were always around the tracks, keeping the city entertaining.
(d) Stockton, CA, is the only city with three intersecting railroads.

2. What tradition does Mad Sao perform at his mother's graveside that the Kingston family does not do after Uncle Kau's funeral?
(a) carries a casket with the body in it
(b) makes a fire and jump over it
(c) pours liquor into the groun
(d) tosses fake money around

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

4. From what point of view is "On Fathers" written?
(a) first-person observer
(b) third--person omniscient
(c) first-person narrative
(d) third-person limited

5. What is the significance of the court case, Chae Chan Ping v. The United States?
(a) This is the first case to address the issue of Sojourners.
(b) This case adds one year of hard labor for illegal Chinese immigrants before being deported.
(c) This is the first case of a Chinese fighting against the Chinese Exclusion Acts.
(d) Congressmen call for the United States to be made up of a limited amount of elderly Chinese people.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the fish-and-game wardens and sheriff deputies use dogs to search for the Wild Man, why is their search so short?

2. Which of the following is not something Sao does at his mother's grave?

3. What is the simile "like a knot of ginger root" referring to?

4. What condition does the monk set on what Tu Tzu-chun can do during his illusions?

5. Where does Hina of the night sleep?

(see the answer key)

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