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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 does it finally take to capture the Wild Man of the Green Swamp?
(a) tracking dogs and hunters with guns
(b) a farmer hold him at gunpoint until the authorities arrive
(c) an air and land search by a posse
(d) a sophisticated trap set in the swamp

2. What happens in Hawaii that prevents the Hundred-Year-Old Man from going to town in 1893?
(a) The Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor
(b) The Communist Revolution in China
(c) The American Civil War
(d) The American revolution against Queen Lili'uokalani

3. In the second telling of the Driving Out in Alaska, what do returning China Men do to get back to their homes and their jobs?
(a) China Men bargain with the Treadmill Mining Company.
(b) China Men replace white workers who had gone on strike.
(c) China Men bring back with them battalions of soldiers.
(d) China Men fight hand-to-hand battle with the miners.

4. To what city does the Filipino king send the mandarins to begin their search for the golden needle?
(a) Cabit
(b) Bay of Manila
(c) Mexico City
(d) The City of Gold

5. For whom do the Juneau citizens hold the largest funeral Alaska ever sees?
(a) Citizenship Judge
(b) President of the Treadwell Mining Company
(c) China Joe
(d) Captain Carroll

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Great Aunt get herself smuggled into Hong Kong?

2. What does the Wild Man do when he ventures out of the Green Swamp?

3. How does Sao rid himself of his mother's ghost?

4. What does Kingston realize about men at Great Uncle Kau's funeral?

5. What does Say Goong call a "sky chicken"?

Short Essay Questions

1. At the end of the story about Kau and Great Aunt, Kingston writes that the Great Aunt's return to Red China is a clue that the country of their heritage is not as bad as the stories imply. What does this reveal to the reader about the narrator and her understanding of Communist China?

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

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

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

5. Retell the Filipino scholar's story about the Chinese first coming to the Philippines in search of gold. Be sure to include only the information that the scholar provides. Don't be distracted by the party-goers' interruptions.

6. Explain why members of the freighter's crew try to send their shipmate to China and describe the Wild Man's response at the airport.

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

8. 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.

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

10. What is the significance of Kingston's modern Auntie's marriage to I Fu?

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