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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 amount of pay is given to the Chinese workers in Hawaii for working in the cane fields?
(a) Four dollars and thirty cents
(b) Four dollars a month
(c) One dollar a week
(d) Four dollars a week

2. 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) one year
(c) nine weeks
(d) nine days

3. Why do the children reach into the man's pockets?
(a) The children think he has something that belongs to them.
(b) The children are looking for his photo identification.
(c) The children expect to find surprises for them in his pockets.
(d) The children want to steal his money.

4. What drives the Wild Man to hysterics while he is in the jail?
(a) not being able to speak with the authorities
(b) being locked up for three days straight
(c) severe homesickness
(d) The Border Patrol is sending him back.

5. In "The Ghostmate," what does the young man see along the path that comforts him a little?
(a) peacocks
(b) rabbits
(c) red paper
(d) charging dogs

Short Answer Questions

1. In Honolulu, what does Kingston's friend, the dancer, report about Kingston's ancestral village?

2. What kind of business does Father buy?

3. To what does the narrator in "The Ghostmate" compare the woman's hair?

4. What metaphor does Tang use to compare his bandages hanging to dry?

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

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