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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which is the setting for Kingston's biography of great grandfather Bak Goong in "The Great Grandfather of Sandalwood Mountains"?
(a) Hawaii
(b) California
(c) Taiwan
(d) Cuba

2. What do the women do to help stir the cool female winds inside Tang's body?
(a) make Tang wash the bandages used to bind his feet
(b) make Tang sit in the rain and wind
(c) giveTang tea with white chrysanthemums
(d) unwrap the bindings from Tang's feet

3. What is the last thing the women do to prepare Tang to meet the queen?
(a) pierce Tang's ears
(b) powder Tang's face and put makeup on him
(c) force Tang to wash his used bandages
(d) feed Tang chicken wings to make his hair shine

4. Which of the following indicates that "The Ghostmate" is a fantasy?
(a) trees howl and bend to earth
(b) mountains rise until the peaks fade from sight
(c) naked drought-dwarfs with one eye on top run for cover
(d) the winds whip up

5. To what does the narrator in "The Ghostmate" compare the woman's hair?
(a) a light-colored dress
(b) lumps of peacocks
(c) follows her retreating back
(d) long black tail alive

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Chinaman's hat in "The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains"?

2. How might Kingston's father's life have been different had he passed the Imperial Examinations with honors?

3. Which two islands does Kingston suggest her father had gone to before entering America?

4. What are the "Jesus demons" trying to do when they visit the work camp where Bak Goong lives?

5. How does the woman in "The Ghostmate" get her visitors to stay longer than they intend to?

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