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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Honolulu, what does Kingston's friend, the dancer, report about Kingston's ancestral village?
2. What part of Tang Ao's wardrobe is shaped like a bridge?
3. Which is the setting for Kingston's biography of great grandfather Bak Goong in "The Great Grandfather of Sandalwood Mountains"?
4. Why is this Maui's last deed?
5. Why do the children reach into the man's pockets?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Kingston employ humor in "On Mortality Again"?
2. Describe grandmother's attitude toward grandfather, Ah Goong, citing examples from the chapter "The Grandfather of the Sierra Nevada Mountains."
3. Compare and contrast the tales that Kingston makes up about how her father gets to America.
4. Provide examples from "The Ghostmate" of vivid imagery that reveals the man's mood as he heads back to his childhood home. Is the young man happy or sad?
5. Explain the irony of Maui the Trickster' s demise in "On Mortality Again."
6. Describe how Kingston feels about her father from China. Use details from the text to support your conclusions.
7. Compare and contrast the proverbs "On Mortality" and "On Mortality Again."
8. Describe the tenets of the philosophy of living multiple lives until you learn an important lesson.
9. Describe the basis of the queue tax.
10. 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.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Consider the first and last chapters in Kingston's China Men. Make a connection between the two chapters in the context of the novel. What message does "On Discovery" send? What message does "On Listening" send? What evidence supports the conclusions you drew about the connection between the opening and closing chapters?
Essay Topic 2
Kingston provides several examples of the use of the color red by Chinese. What does the color red symbolize for Chinese people? In what ways do Chinese people integrate the color red into their lives?
Essay Topic 3
Consider the times in China Men when the characters sing. Singing appears in many of the Chinese traditions to which Kingston exposes her readers. Find references throughout the novel, and describe the singing experience of the characters. Then use the examples to draw conclusions about why singing is part of life for so many Chinese. Explain what purpose the singing serves in each example.
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