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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. How do the women manage to capture Tang Ao?
(a) The women kneeled to take off his shoes.
(b) Tang Ao is not on guard against ladies.
(c) The women tackle him and tie his hands together.
(d) The women use weapons to make him come along.

2. What is the last thing the women do to prepare Tang to meet the queen?
(a) powder Tang's face and put makeup on him
(b) pierce Tang's ears
(c) feed Tang chicken wings to make his hair shine
(d) force Tang to wash his used bandages

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

4. How long had Ed been away from China before he and MaMa were reunited in New York City?
(a) 15 years
(b) 2 years
(c) 10 years
(d) 5 years

5. What rule do the "white demons" enforce that is problematic for great grandfather Bak Goong while he is working in the sugar cane fields?
(a) singing
(b) counting
(c) silence
(d) working

Short Answer Questions

1. What mood does the letter from Kingston's friend, the physicist, reflect about his return visit to their common ancestral village?

2. Which of the following is an example of figurative language?

3. What is the result of the 1952 Immigration and Nationality Act?

4. What is the simile "like a knot of ginger root" referring to?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the purpose for making Tang Ao's capture so easy it could be done by women?

3. Explain the progression of laws that at first limited Chinese family members from entering the U.S. to the laws that allowed them entry whether the quota had been met or not.

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

5. Identify and describe two historical allusions Kingston makes in "The Grandfather of the Sierra Nevada Mountains."

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

7. 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.

8. Explain the irony of Maui the Trickster' s demise in "On Mortality Again."

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

10. What is the significance of the long path that leads to the widow's house in "The Ghostmate"?

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