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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 does Kingston refer to "The Adventures of Lo Bun Sun," based on her childhood perspective?
(a) Kingston says that this story was reminiscent of the China Men she saw leaving for Gold Mountain.
(b) Kingston says this is one of the more boring books her mother read to her.
(c) Kingston says that it was very hard to sit through MaMa's reading of this book.
(d) Kingston says that

2. 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) You are lucky.
(d) Let me hear you speak English.

3. How many China Men make up the Chinese population in Alaska?
(a) 1,000
(b) 150
(c) 100
(d) 700

4. What does Ch'u Yuan decide to do once he accepts that he cannot return home?
(a) Ch'u Yuan prays for with the corrupt world.
(b) Ch'u Yuan starts the tradition of wrapping rice in leaves once every year
(c) Ch'u Yuan tells the river all of his tales.
(d) Ch'u Yuan jumps in the river and drowns.

5. What personal theory does Kingston recall testing when she was child?
(a) Kingston believes that boys do not feel pain.
(b) Kingston believes that her father worked secretly for the Communist Party.
(c) Kingston thought boys liked to be kicked.
(d) Kingston believes that she can tell lies and never get caught.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which act shows that the mandarins are confident that they will find gold?

2. What symbolizes to the Filipino king that the mandarin is of a higher social class than other Chinese already living there?

3. From whom do MaMa and Father have to keep their savings a secret?

4. What do Kingston's parents call the Chinese American traditionalists in California?

5. To what city does the Filipino king send the mandarins to begin their search for the golden needle?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the relationship between Lo Bun Sun and Sing Kay Ng.

2. Summarize Kingston's childhood account of seeing a "Wild Man" every day when she and her sister walked to school.

3. Create a dictionary using words from the chapter, "The Li Sao: An Elegy." Choose words that readers will need to have knowledge of in order to understand the story. Create a display using words that fit the theme of the folktale, such as phoenix, mourned, epic, elegy, lament, sorrow, estrangement, incorruptible, entwined, requiem, warmongers, etc.

4. Compare and contrast Uncle Bun's beliefs about the benefits of communism and his dreams of a Communist World and Father's political beliefs.

5. What evidence in "The Wild Man of the Green Swamp" is there that shows the Wild Man's ingenuity?

6. How does the Wild Man end up in a Tampa Hospital for the insane? Tell what happens once he is there.

7. Compare and contrast grandfather Ah Goong's experiences during the Driving Out with those that took place in Alaska according to Kingston's narrative.

8. What is the significance of the last line in "The Hundred-Year-Old Man"?

9. What does Lo Bun Sun's constant work and preparation suggest about his character?

10. What happens to Father after the Gambling House is closed permanently? How does Father recover?

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