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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. Who is the author speaking or writing to in the beginning of "The Father from China"?
(a) her mother
(b) her readers
(c) her siblings
(d) her father

2. What part of Tang Ao's wardrobe is shaped like a bridge?
(a) tunic
(b) hat
(c) apron
(d) shoes

3. What is supposedly the cause of the "Mongolian spot" on some Chinese babies?
(a) The Mongolian spot is a bruise left by the doctor during birth of Chinese babies.
(b) The Mongolian spot is the mark of an immortal.
(c) Tu Tzu-chun is kicked in the rear to get him through the birth canal.
(d) The Mongolian spot indicates the child has a disease.

4. What happens that begins Father's most dismal time in "The American Father"?
(a) The children get out of control, and Father beats his daughter with a hangar.
(b) MaMa has an accident at the cannery and dies.
(c) MaMa shames him into taking a low-wage laborer job.
(d) The Gambling house is raided and closed permanently.

5. What does the monk say Tu Tzu-chun has to do to repay him the third time?
(a) work for him on an important difficult task
(b) spend another fortune
(c) spend his fortune on others
(d) murder his wife

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ah Po show BaBa's brothers to explain that he is different from them?

2. Why does the young man enter the house of the young widow?

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

4. How long does the Wild Man elude capture in the Green Swamp?

5. Which congressional act in 1882 bans Chinese laborers from entering the U.S. for ten years?

(see the answer key)

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