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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 kind of poem does Ch'u Yuan write before he drowns?
(a) a poem of questions with no answers
(b) a haiku
(c) a pourqois poem
(d) an epic tale told in poetic form

2. Which of the following from "The Ghostmate" shows that the young man is feeling guilty about not returning to his family?
(a) His wife would enjoy hearing about his lucky night.
(b) Instead he feeds like a zoo animal.
(c) The young husband should have hinted for some leftovers to bring home.
(d) He asks, "Do you live alone?"

3. What is the last thing the women do to prepare Tang to meet the queen?
(a) pierce Tang's ears
(b) powder Tang's face and put makeup on him
(c) force Tang to wash his used bandages
(d) feed Tang chicken wings to make his hair shine

4. What food product is Uncle Bun obsessed with when the reader first meets him?
(a) wheat germ
(b) milk
(c) eggs
(d) coconuts

5. What does the Hundred-Year-Old Man say he carried with him from China to Hawai'i?
(a) mementos from China, such a photos of his family
(b) noodles, ginger, and dried fruit
(c) pigs in cages and chives and onions growing in cans
(d) extra water to keep his plants alive

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the game officer that first spots the Wild Man in the Green Swamp know that what he sees is not a bear?

2. What is inside of Hina that holds immortality for humanity?

3. What reason is given for torturing Tang Ao?

4. What purpose does the mother character serve by entering the story at this point?

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

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