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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Li Sao: An Elegy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the two old women do to Tang Ao with the needles?
(a) pierce Tang's ears
(b) pierce Tang's tongue
(c) pin Tang's ears to his head
(d) sew Tang's lips shut

2. How does the game officer that first spots the Wild Man in the Green Swamp know that what he sees is not a bear?
(a) The Wild Man stands up and confronts the officer.
(b) The officer calls out to the Wild Man who responds in a language the officer cannot understand.
(c) The officer sees a figure hunched over a fire.
(d) The Wild Man drags a burlap bag behind him.

3. What two actions result from the Scott Act of 1888?
(a) identifying free whites as eligible to apply for U.S. citizenship and giving African Aliens eligibility to apply for U.S. citizenshi
(b) suspending the Burlingame Treaty for 20 years and making Chinese men cut off their ponytails
(c) voiding Certificates of Return and requiring Certificate of Residence be shown on demand
(d) defining

4. Which of the following indicates that "The Ghostmate" is a fantasy?
(a) naked drought-dwarfs with one eye on top run for cover
(b) trees howl and bend to earth
(c) the winds whip up
(d) mountains rise until the peaks fade from sight

5. Which best describes the genre of these two chapters: "The Ghostmate" and "The Father From America"?
(a) realistic fiction and autobiography
(b) folktale and nonfiction
(c) autobiography and biography
(d) fantasy tale and biography

Short Answer Questions

1. What is it that Maui instructs all the living creatures on Earth to do in order to accomplish his goal?

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

3. Who is Tu Tzu-chun's examiner?

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

5. Which two islands does Kingston suggest her father had gone to before entering America?

(see the answer key)

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