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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

2. Why would the woman in "The Ghostmate" ask the young man to make her shoes?
(a) The woman keeps her visitors with her by making them make things for her.
(b) The woman is trying to distract the young man from the storm.
(c) The woman is poor and needs a pair of shoes.
(d) The woman wants her visitor to leave right away.

3. Where do Ed and MaMa go after Ed is ousted from the laundry business?
(a) to Long Island
(b) to Alaska
(c) to the movies
(d) to California

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

5. Why is Maui capable of dying when other gods are immortal?
(a) Maui is vulnerable to disgrace and embarrassment among other living creatures on Earth.
(b) Maui can be reincarnated as many times as he wants.
(c) Maui is a human with superhuman powers.
(d) Maui is only a demigod, or partially mortal, in the Polynesian culture.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the procedure that the women are using on Tang's feet called?

2. What is the last thing the women do to prepare Tang to meet the queen?

3. In what year did the U.S. immigration laws discard the Western Hemisphere quota and move to a worldwide quota?

4. What is the one emotion that Tu Tzu-chun cannot overcome in his illusion?

5. What part of Tang Ao's wardrobe is shaped like a bridge?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the way the women pierce Tang Ao's ears and what they do to keep the holes open. Include examples of sensory details the author uses in the text.

2. Provide examples from "The Ghostmate" of vivid imagery that reveals the man's mood as he heads back to his childhood home. Is the young man happy or sad?

3. Describe grandmother's attitude toward grandfather, Ah Goong, citing examples from the chapter "The Grandfather of the Sierra Nevada Mountains."

4. Explain the cause for the children's confusion and its effects on the characters in "On Fathers."

5. Describe the basis of the queue tax.

6. Why does Bak Goong have so much trouble staying quiet while working in the cane fields?

7. What purpose is served when Bak Goong tells his fellow workers the tale about the King who fathered a prince with cat ears and keeps it a secret?

8. Compare and contrast the proverbs "On Mortality" and "On Mortality Again."

9. Describe the way great grandfather Bak Goong ends up working in the Sandalwood Mountains in Hawaii?

10. Explain how prior knowledge or a similar experience can help a reader understand the events that occur in "On Fathers."

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