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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 does Lo Bun Sun call the two shelters he builds on the island?
(a) caves
(b) mansions
(c) shelters
(d) castles

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

3. In the first telling of the Driving Out of Alaska, who relocates the China Men?
(a) Indians on a schooner
(b) Chinese scab laborers
(c) White demons with guns and tools
(d) Indians in war canoes

4. What sight does the bird see that causes it to start laughing?
(a) Maui's legs as he tunnels out of Hina's vagina
(b) Maui entering Hina's vagina
(c) Maui teaching the children to be silent
(d) Maui diving into the ocean

5. What is it that Maui instructs all the living creatures on Earth to do in order to accomplish his goal?
(a) read the clouds
(b) sing in tune
(c) stay silent
(d) walk on water

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What reason is given for torturing Tang Ao?

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

4. Which two islands does Kingston suggest her father had gone to before entering America?

5. What drives the Wild Man to hysterics while he is in the jail?

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