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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 Kingston's parents call the Chinese American traditionalists in California?
(a) sky chickens
(b) superstitious, backward peasants
(c) wheat germ
(d) demon workers

2. What is supposedly the cause of the "Mongolian spot" on some Chinese babies?
(a) The Mongolian spot indicates the child has a disease.
(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 is a bruise left by the doctor during birth of Chinese babies.

3. Why does the young man enter the house of the young widow?
(a) He is lonely and seeks companionship.
(b) He seeks shelter from a storm along the mountain path.
(c) He is selling wares door-to-door
(d) He is being chased by dogs.

4. 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 have traveled the world in luxury.
(c) Kingston's father may not have come to Gold Mountain.
(d) Kingston's father may have married an American woman.

5. Who is the narrator in this chapter?
(a) the mother
(b) the father
(c) the author
(d) the stranger

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time passes between the first and the second Driving Out in "Alaska China Men"?

2. What is Tang Ao doing when he meets the Queen?

3. What is the one emotion that Tu Tzu-chun cannot overcome in his illusion?

4. What mood does the letter from Kingston's friend, the physicist, reflect about his return visit to their common ancestral village?

5. How old is Lo Bun Sun when he returns to China and gets married?

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