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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 character from Kingston's folktales in China Men suffers the most?
(a) The young man
(b) Tu Tzu-chun
(c) Maui the trickster in
(d) Bak Goong the great grandfather

2. What is Tang Ao doing when he meets the Queen?
(a) serving a meal to the Queen's court
(b) putting jade studs into his ears
(c) playing an instrument
(d) having a meal with the queen's court

3. 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?
(a) two months
(b) nine weeks
(c) one year
(d) nine days

4. How many fortunes does Tu Tzu-chun spend?
(a) three
(b) one
(c) none
(d) two

5. What signed document states that Chinese and Americans could freely travel, trade, and live in either country?
(a) the Fourteenth Amendment
(b) the Burlingame Treaty
(c) the queue tax
(d) the Nationality Act

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Sing Kay Ng get his name?

2. Why is this Maui's last deed?

3. How long had Ed been away from China before he and MaMa were reunited in New York City?

4. Which of the following is an example of a simile used in "The Ghostmate"?

5. What happens that begins Father's most dismal time in "The American Father"?

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