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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Chan Moong Gut in "The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains"?
(a) the young man who left his village for the Imperial Examinations
(b) a magical character in Bak Goong's tall tales
(c) the ghost of Bak Goong's dead father
(d) the other great grandfather that worked in the Sandalwood Mountains

2. The seer does not disturb the spirits in the clouds in "On Mortality Again" __________________________.
(a) because the seer is afraid Maui will hurt him if the seer speaks to the spirits
(b) because the seer is afraid the spirits will punish him
(c) because the seer doesn't hear any spirits in the clouds
(d) because the seer doesn't want to draw the attention of the spirits to Maui's trick

3. What are the "Jesus demons" trying to do when they visit the work camp where Bak Goong lives?
(a) trying to convert the Chinese to Christianity
(b) trying to lure them to work at their farm
(c) trying to cast demons from the Chinese workers
(d) trying to baptize the Chinese workers

4. How does great grandfather Bak Goong break the rules of silence while working in Sandalwood Mountain?
(a) Bak Goong deliberately sings in front of the masters.
(b) Bak Goong sends written notes to other workers.
(c) Bak Goong coughs out Chinese words the masters cannot understand.
(d) Bak Goong talks quietly to himself.

5. Who were the Gold Mountain Sojourners?
(a) the white demons that control the immigrant Chinese men
(b) the men who went to America and then returned to China
(c) the men who mined the gold in America
(d) the teachers who graded papers every night for the Chinese children

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

7. What metaphor does Tang use to compare his bandages hanging to dry?
(a) streamers that drooped and draped wall to wall
(b) like underwear
(c) gathered his toes over and under another
(d) like a moth's wings

8. In 1884, who is the first Chinese immigrant denied citizenship based on race?
(a) Wong Kim Ark
(b) Yue Ting
(c) Yick Wo
(d) Chan Young

9. Which two islands does Kingston suggest her father had gone to before entering America?
(a) Angel Island and Cuba
(b) Angel Island and Ellis Island
(c) Ellis Island and Cuba
(d) Hawaii and Cuba

10. What was used first to keep the holes open in Tang Ao's earlobes?
(a) gold loops
(b) silk threads
(c) jade studs
(d) sticks of straw

11. What makes the author afraid to name the village in China where her family lives?
(a) Kingston's uncle threatens to kill her nephew if she does.
(b) Kingston's mother insists she did not reveal their secret.
(c) stories of Communist arresting family member of immigrants
(d) Tourists of the United States are listed as missing in newspapers

12. What is the significance of the Supreme Court ruling in the1898 case, The United States v. Wong Kim Ark?
(a) The decision states that San Francisco's safety ordinances are unfair to Chinese.
(b) The decision states that treaty merchants could bring their Chinese wives and children to America to live.
(c) The decision states that a person born in the U.S. to Chinese parents is an American.
(d) The decision lifts the restriction on immigration for Chinese.

13. What is the Chinaman's hat in "The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains"?
(a) the top of Sandalwood Mountain
(b) a hat to protect the Chinese workers
(c) an island
(d) the place in town where Chinese workers gamble

14. Who is Tu Tzu-chun's examiner?
(a) A Taoist monk
(b) Tu Tzu-chun's father
(c) Tu Tzu-chong reincarnated
(d) The Buddah

15. What were the Chinese wives most likely afraid of when their husbands left for Gold Mountain?
(a) that their husbands will get harmed by bandits while still in China
(b) that their husbands might bring back a new wife
(c) that their husbands would return broke and broken
(d) that their husbands would settle in America with new wives

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator in this chapter?

2. What does Ah Po show BaBa's brothers to explain that he is different from them?

3. How does the woman in "The Ghostmate" get her visitors to stay longer than they intend to?

4. What technology changes the way the Central Pacific Railroad tunnels through mountains in the Sierra Nevada?

5. What is the consequence of Tu Tzu-chun failing the monk's test?

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