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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Li Sao: An Elegy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Say Goong call a "sky chicken"?
(a) a rooster
(b) a horse
(c) a toad
(d) a fly

2. How does Sing Kay Ng get his name?
(a) Lo Bun Sun names him Sing Kay Ng because the man has a limp.
(b) Sing Kay Ng gets his Chinese name from his Chinese mother.
(c) Sing Kay Ng makes up his own name after he learns Chinese from Lo Bun Sun.
(d) Lo Bun Sun names him Sing Kay Ng because it means fleeing man.

3. What does Kingston notice about the Wild Man as shown in the photos of his capture appearing in the newspaper?
(a) The men in cowboy hats that escorted him out of the swamp appeared to have given quite a fight against the Wild Man.
(b) The Wild Man was crying as his captors led him out of the swamp.
(c) The Wild Man was neat and clean and did not act wild or fight his captors.
(d) The Wild Man's hair and beard were extremely long, because he was unable to groom himself in the swamp.

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

5. What reason do the white miners give for the decision to drive out the China Men?
(a) for fighting with the Indians
(b) for paying Citizenship Judges to become citizens
(c) for getting richer by working harder
(d) for stoning a woman in Juneau

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Lo Bun Sun make his pet and what does he teach it to do?

2. Which of the following from "The Ghostmate" shows that the young man is feeling guilty about not returning to his family?

3. How many years, according to Ah Goong, does it take to complete the railroad?

4. When does the story of Tu-Tzu-chin take place?

5. What does Uncle Bun accuse Father of doing?

(see the answer key)

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