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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. Why do the basketmen stop working in autumn?
(a) The winds are too high to work at high elevation
(b) The season is a Chinese holiday
(c) Men do not have the right clothes
(d) The baskets would fall apart because of age

2. How does the stranger respond to the children's mistake?
(a) He gets angry and yells at Mother.
(b) He laughs and tells them they made a mistake.
(c) He is speechless and ignores them altogether.
(d) He swats the children away from him as if they were flies.

3. What does Ah Goong say about working in the tunnels?
(a) Time and space stop inside the tunnel.
(b) Mountains of dirt walked out of the tunnel.
(c) Day becomes night.
(d) The sound of hammers only stop at night.

4. In 1884, who is the first Chinese immigrant denied citizenship based on race?
(a) Yue Ting
(b) Yick Wo
(c) Chan Young
(d) Wong Kim Ark

5. How might Kingston's father's life have been different had he passed the Imperial Examinations with honors?
(a) Kingston's father may not have had to work a single day in his life.
(b) Kingston's father may not have come to Gold Mountain.
(c) Kingston's father may have traveled the world in luxury.
(d) Kingston's father may have married an American woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. What technology changes the way the Central Pacific Railroad tunnels through mountains in the Sierra Nevada?

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

3. Which best describes the genre of these two chapters: "The Ghostmate" and "The Father From America"?

4. How does Kingston show that the main character is enjoying his feast with the woman of the house in "The Ghostmate"?

5. Which of the following indicates that "The Ghostmate" is a fantasy?

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