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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. Which is an example from the text of sensory details?
(a) noses against his coat to sniff his tobacco smell
(b) watched the man walk away
(c) mother came out of the house
(d) gold coins that were really chocolate

2. What is the consequence of Tu Tzu-chun failing the monk's test?
(a) All Chinese babies will be born with a
(b) Humanity will become deaf and mute.
(c) Tu Tzu-chun must repay all the money he spent over the last three lifetimes.
(d) Humanity has lost the chance for immortality.

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

4. Which of the following is an example of a simile used in "The Ghostmate"?
(a) The bowls of soup are bottomless.
(b) The orange of the firelight suffuses the prorcelain.
(c) He gorges; he indulges his appetite.
(d) Steam rises as if a mirage of food floated on the table.

5. What does a Chinese bride do for three nights before she marries?
(a) She prepares three thousand wedding cakes.
(b) She sits behind bed curtains to sing and weep.
(c) She listens to the prayers of women in the village.
(d) She hides from her groom-to-be and his family.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the meaning of the word hastening in the opening lines of "On Fathers"?

2. Who is Chan Moong Gut in "The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains"?

3. What metaphor does Tang use to compare his bandages hanging to dry?

4. What was used first to keep the holes open in Tang Ao's earlobes?

5. What signed document states that Chinese and Americans could freely travel, trade, and live in either country?

Short Essay Questions

1. Tell what the Four Valuable Things are and explain their importance to the Chinese culture.

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

3. Explain how the author of "The Ghostmate" cues the reader that the main character represents any China Man in their youth.

4. How does Kingston employ humor in "On Mortality Again"?

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

6. At the end of the "The Laws," Kingston predicts that the 1980 census may show that a million or more ethnic Chinese will be living in the United States. Why does she have to predict the census numbers?

7. What explanation does the tale of Tu Tzu-chun give for the "Mongolian spot" in "On Mortality?"

8. Explain the Fair Share Refugee Act of 1960.

9. Do you think this chapter "On Fathers" takes place in China or in America? Give reasons for your choice, citing examples from the text.

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

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