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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 of the following is an example of figurative language?
(a) His good leather shoes with the wingtips
(b) We jumped off the fence.
(c) He took our hands out of his pockets.
(d) man wears our father's two-hundred dollar suit.

2. What does Ah Goong say about working in the tunnels?
(a) Time and space stop inside the tunnel.
(b) Day becomes night.
(c) Mountains of dirt walked out of the tunnel.
(d) The sound of hammers only stop at night.

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

4. Which congressional act in 1882 bans Chinese laborers from entering the U.S. for ten years?
(a) Nationality Act
(b) Chinese Exclusion Act
(c) the revised Burlingame Treaty
(d) the revoking of Certificate of Residence

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "The Ghostmate," what does the young man see along the path that comforts him a little?

2. What message does young Kingston believe her grandfathers left behind through the tracks in Stockton?

3. The seer does not disturb the spirits in the clouds in "On Mortality Again" __________________________.

4. How does Kingston show that the main character is enjoying his feast with the woman of the house in "The Ghostmate"?

5. What does the monk say Tu Tzu-chun has to do to repay him the third time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Explain the Fair Share Refugee Act of 1960.

2. Why does Kingston say that MaMa's arrival ends Ed's independent life?

3. Describe how Kingston feels about her father from China. Use details from the text to support your conclusions.

4. In "On Mortality," how does the author make the reader sympathize with Tu when he is born as a deaf-mute girl child?

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

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

7. Describe how the author uses personification in "The Great Grandfather from the Sandalwood Mountains." Give examples from the text.

8. Describe the elements of fantasy Kingston uses to characterize Maui the Trickster in "On Mortality Again."

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

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

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