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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. Which Supreme Court case overturns San Francisco safety ordinances, thereby admitting that California laws are designed to harass Chinese immigrants?
(a) Yick Wo v. Hopkins
(b) Chae Chan Ping v. The United States
(c) Yue Ting v. The United States
(d) The United States v. Mrs. Cue Lim

2. What does Lo Bun Sun call the two shelters he builds on the island?
(a) shelters
(b) mansions
(c) castles
(d) caves

3. In "The Ghostmate, what imagery does Kingston use when the main character arrives at the house?
(a) The storm dies when the young man knocks at a gate.
(b) A bolt of lightning illuminates the young man at the door.
(c) The green and black trees twist and turn.
(d) The music that accompanies the young man turns dark.

4. Which is an example from the text of sensory details?
(a) mother came out of the house
(b) gold coins that were really chocolate
(c) noses against his coat to sniff his tobacco smell
(d) watched the man walk away

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the women manage to capture Tang Ao?

2. How were the Indians in Alaska treated by the "gold seeking" miners?

3. What message does young Kingston believe her grandfathers left behind through the tracks in Stockton?

4. How many days does the China Men's strike in the Sierra Nevada Mountains last before a compromise is made with the Central Pacific Railroad?

5. What makes the author afraid to name the village in China where her family lives?

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