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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Hundred-Year-Old Man.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What action does Maui take that tells the reader where Hina sleeps?
(a) Maui pushes the sky higher.
(b) Maui brought fire to Earth.
(c) Maui pulled the land up out of the ocean.
(d) Maui dives into the ocean.

2. For what does the doctor at the jail treat the Wild Man?
(a) dehydration and cuts and bruises
(b) malaria and diarrhea
(c) alligator bites and burns from camp fires
(d) mosquito bites and stomach ache

3. Which of the following indicates that "The Ghostmate" is a fantasy?
(a) naked drought-dwarfs with one eye on top run for cover
(b) the winds whip up
(c) mountains rise until the peaks fade from sight
(d) trees howl and bend to earth

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

5. How long does the Wild Man elude capture in the Green Swamp?
(a) one year
(b) one month
(c) eight months
(d) three months

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Hundred-Year-Old Man say he carried with him from China to Hawai'i?

2. How does Kingston's Father avoid the draft?

3. What does the Wild Man do on the night he learns that the Border Patrol is sending him back?

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

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

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