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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Uncle Bun accuse Father of doing?
(a) stealing his money
(b) wasting money
(c) poisoning his food
(d) working too hard

2. What does Say Goong call a "sky chicken"?
(a) a fly
(b) a rooster
(c) a toad
(d) a horse

3. From whom do MaMa and Father have to keep their savings a secret?
(a) the owner of the Gambling House
(b) their neighbors in Stockton
(c) their six children
(d) MaMa's sister living in San Francisco

4. What does the Wild Man do when he ventures out of the Green Swamp?
(a) He doesn't ever leave the swamp.
(b) goes to a restaurant
(c) robs farmers for food
(d) takes fruit and corn from farms

5. How were the Indians in Alaska treated by the "gold seeking" miners?
(a) Some are tortured and murdered in public.
(b) They are driven out at gunpoint.
(c) They are welcomed as extra labor.
(d) They are kept as slaves by white demons.

6. How many China Men make up the Chinese population in Alaska?
(a) 150
(b) 700
(c) 100
(d) 1,000

7. What happens that begins Father's most dismal time in "The American Father"?
(a) The Gambling house is raided and closed permanently.
(b) MaMa has an accident at the cannery and dies.
(c) MaMa shames him into taking a low-wage laborer job.
(d) The children get out of control, and Father beats his daughter with a hangar.

8. What tradition does Mad Sao perform at his mother's graveside that the Kingston family does not do after Uncle Kau's funeral?
(a) carries a casket with the body in it
(b) tosses fake money around
(c) makes a fire and jump over it
(d) pours liquor into the groun

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

10. What does Ch'u Yuan decide to do once he accepts that he cannot return home?
(a) Ch'u Yuan starts the tradition of wrapping rice in leaves once every year
(b) Ch'u Yuan jumps in the river and drowns.
(c) Ch'u Yuan prays for with the corrupt world.
(d) Ch'u Yuan tells the river all of his tales.

11. What are the contents of the Wild Man's bag which is made from a pair of pants?
(a) ead snakes, turtles, armadillos, and alligators
(b) a pot, a sharp piece of tin, and a hand-made club
(c) a gun, ammunition, and pictures of his family in Taiwan
(d) clean clothes and cooking utensils

12. Which statement best describes Kingston's attitude toward the Communists?
(a) Communists thought they converted us, but neighbors remained true to one another.
(b) Communists all look the same in photographs; which are men and which are women?
(c) The Chinese state of Communists, like Great Grandfather said, will become a World of Communism.
(d) Communists are mere monkeys trying to be human beings.

13. What is Ch'u Yuan looking for as he seeks another like him in the world?
(a) an uncorrupted human being
(b) an arrogant, all-knowing citizen
(c) a lost prince trying to spread the word of peace
(d) a phoenix dispossessed

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

15. What personal theory does Kingston recall testing when she was child?
(a) Kingston believes that she can tell lies and never get caught.
(b) Kingston believes that boys do not feel pain.
(c) Kingston thought boys liked to be kicked.
(d) Kingston believes that her father worked secretly for the Communist Party.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which act shows that the mandarins are confident that they will find gold?

2. What do Kingston's parents call the Chinese American traditionalists in California?

3. What does Kingston notice about the Wild Man as shown in the photos of his capture appearing in the newspaper?

4. Where do the mandarins seeking gold land their ship?

5. What amount of pay is given to the Chinese workers in Hawaii for working in the cane fields?

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