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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. Who travels to Alaska during the Driving Out to help end the violence?
(a) Alaska's governor
(b) President of the United States
(c) Other company strikers from around the state
(d) The Calvary

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

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

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

5. What effects do the comic books have on Kingston and her Chinese American family?
(a) Comic books reinforce the stereotype of the Chinese American or Oriental.
(b) The stories that were unfit for children must have been worse than guts hanging out.
(c) Comic books distract the children from the horrors of war by showing Chop Chop.
(d) Comic books gave Chinese Americans true and accurate information about the Vietnam War.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is supposedly the cause of the "Mongolian spot" on some Chinese babies?

2. How long had Ed been away from China before he and MaMa were reunited in New York City?

3. How many years, according to Ah Goong, does it take to complete the railroad?

4. In the second telling of the Driving Out in Alaska, what do returning China Men do to get back to their homes and their jobs?

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

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