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

2. What is the simile "like a knot of ginger root" referring to?
(a) the shape of Tang's ears
(b) the veins in Tang's broken feet
(c) Tang's arthritic hands
(d) Tang's broken and stacked toes

3. What reason do the white miners give for the decision to drive out the China Men?
(a) for paying Citizenship Judges to become citizens
(b) for fighting with the Indians
(c) for getting richer by working harder
(d) for stoning a woman in Juneau

4. What action does Maui take that tells the reader where Hina sleeps?
(a) Maui pushes the sky higher.
(b) Maui brought fire to Earth.
(c) Maui dives into the ocean.
(d) Maui pulled the land up out of the ocean.

5. What drives the Wild Man to hysterics while he is in the jail?
(a) being locked up for three days straight
(b) severe homesickness
(c) not being able to speak with the authorities
(d) The Border Patrol is sending him back.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last thing the women do to prepare Tang to meet the queen?

2. How many China Men make up the Chinese population in Alaska?

3. Where do Ed and MaMa go after Ed is ousted from the laundry business?

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

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

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