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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Alaska China Men.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Father acknowledge that he recognizes the children?
(a) He waves his hands and smiles broadly.
(b) He salutes them with one finger touching his hat.
(c) He turned around and walked the other direction.
(d) He picks up the pace of his walk to a jog.

2. Who travels to Alaska during the Driving Out to help end the violence?
(a) Other company strikers from around the state
(b) President of the United States
(c) Alaska's governor
(d) The Calvary

3. How many years, according to Ah Goong, does it take to complete the railroad?
(a) twenty years
(b) two years
(c) six years
(d) ten years

4. How does the stranger respond to the children's mistake?
(a) He is speechless and ignores them altogether.
(b) He laughs and tells them they made a mistake.
(c) He swats the children away from him as if they were flies.
(d) He gets angry and yells at Mother.

5. What month is stated as the date for both stories of the Driving Out in Alaska?
(a) June
(b) January
(c) July
(d) April

Short Answer Questions

1. What do people in Alaska do to track events in their lives and their community?

2. What finally makes Tu Tzu-chun break his silence?

3. Who are the children referring to when they call out, "BaBa!"?

4. To what does this simile refer: "Sap ran from its cuts like crying blind eyes"?

5. In "The Ghostmate, what imagery does Kingston use when the main character arrives at the house?

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