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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. The author of "The Li Sao" is
2. Why does Sao Elder Brother become known as Mad Sao?
3. What personal theory does Kingston recall testing when she was child?
4. What details do we learn about the Wild Man when he talks to the translator in his jail cell?
5. What does Uncle Bun accuse Father of doing?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Kingston mean at the end of "Alaska China Men" when she writes, ". . . perhaps any China Man was China Joe"?
2. Analyze Kingston's narrative about Uncle Kau Goong and his elderly wife. Explain why Great Aunt goes to Hong Kong and then back to China. Describe Uncle Kau's response to Great Aunt's pleas to be together again. Students might suggest the importance of Kau's final words on the subject: "We belong here (America)!"
3. Explain why the Hundred-Year-Old Man's answer about how to stop the war in Vietnam is so simple.
4. Summarize Kingston's childhood account of seeing a "Wild Man" every day when she and her sister walked to school.
5. What is the significance of the last line in "The Hundred-Year-Old Man"?
6. Explain the irony of the mandarins requesting more ships in the story the Filipino scholar tells in "On Listening."
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. Compare and contrast Uncle Bun's beliefs about the benefits of communism and his dreams of a Communist World and Father's political beliefs.
10. Compare the Alaskan Driving Out with the California Driving Out of China Men.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze the context in which Kingston addresses immortality in China Men. Do the Chinese men in China associate the Gold Mountain with immortality? Explain your answer in detail, citing quotes from specific chapters in China Men. Use other sources to find examples of man's search for or dream of achieving immortality. Are they consistent with Kingston's references in China Men?
Essay Topic 2
Identify the folktales Kingston uses throughout China Men. For each one, describe how it is used to move along the plot in Kingston's novel. Study the Table of Contents to see where and how often the alternative genre is used. Do the tales foreshadow upcoming events? Do the fantasy stories serve to illustrate key points the author is trying to convey? Display your responses in a creative way that connects the ideas and patterns you discovered.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss how the tone and mood that Kingston creates in her writing change from when she first addresses her Father in chapter three, "Father from China" and when she speaks of him in Chapter 14, "The American Father." Describe Kingston's attitude toward her father in Chapter three. Tell when you think Kingston changes her attitude toward him. Use quotes from the text to support your conclusions about Kingston's attitude toward her Father.
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