2. What animal does Lo Bun Sun make his pet and what does he teach it to do?
(a) Lo makes a parrot his pet and he teaches it how to speak so that Lo can hear a human voice.
(b) Lo makes the cat from the ship his pet and he teaches it to come when called.
(c) Lo makes the dog that he rescued from the ship his pet and he teaches it to retrieve the birds Lo shoots.
(d) Lo makes a goat his pet and he teaches the goat to attack its predators.

3. What does the Hundred-Year-Old man do to rest during his trips to town early in his time in Hawaii?
(a) spends money on women
(b) smokes opium
(c) gambles
(d) smokes cigars

4. How does Kingston's brother describe the Navy?
(a) The boat gives me nightmares of war scenes.
(b) Cleaning up after yourself is follow through.
(c) Navy men get to go to formal dances in foreign countries.
(d) The Navy is housework.

5. To what does Kingston refer with the metaphor "the living night"?
(a) the dark shed
(b) a stagecoach
(c) a pile of manure
(d) a black horse

6. To what city does the Filipino king send the mandarins to begin their search for the golden needle?
(a) The City of Gold
(b) Bay of Manila
(c) Mexico City
(d) Cabit

7. How does Sing Kay Ng get his name?
(a) Lo Bun Sun names him Sing Kay Ng because it means fleeing man.
(b) Lo Bun Sun names him Sing Kay Ng because the man has a limp.
(c) Sing Kay Ng gets his Chinese name from his Chinese mother.
(d) Sing Kay Ng makes up his own name after he learns Chinese from Lo Bun Sun.

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

9. In what year is the birthday party for the 106-year-old man held in Hawaii?
(a) 1885
(b) 1983
(c) 1969
(d) 1893

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

11. What does the blind fortune teller predict will happen to Kingston's San Francisco Aunt over her lifetime?
(a) Aunt will own a shoe store throughout her life.
(b) Aunt will gain and lose fortunes many times.
(c) Aunt will meet her husband in Hong Kong.
(d) Aunt will marry three times.

12. Why does Sao Elder Brother become known as Mad Sao?
(a) Sao returns to Red China to care for his mother before she dies.
(b) Sao is haunted by his dead mother's ghosts and is seen and heard talking to no one.
(c) Sao goes mad and becomes paranoid, accusing Father of stealing his money.
(d) Sao is the only man in the family to be Americanized.

13. What response does Kingston's oldest brother get from the Filipino and other island natives when he says he is a Chinese American?
(a) You'll never survive here.
(b) You are a traitor.
(c) Let me hear you speak English.
(d) You are lucky.

14. What amount of pay is given to the Chinese workers in Hawaii for working in the cane fields?
(a) Four dollars and thirty cents
(b) One dollar a week
(c) Four dollars a month
(d) Four dollars a week

15. Where else on the globe do the Chinese look for gold, according to the Filipino scholar in "On Listening"?
(a) China
(b) Philippines
(c) Mexico
(d) Spain