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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tu cannot deliver his messages and take care of his urgent things after he exits the tunnel because _____________________________.
(a) When he ermerges from the tunnel, he is lost.
(b) No one will listen to Tu's messages or help him with urgent matters.
(c) Explosions inside the tunnel made Tu deaf and mute.
(d) The tunnel is a passage to his rebirth as an infant.

2. What is the Chinaman's hat in "The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains"?
(a) the top of Sandalwood Mountain
(b) an island
(c) a hat to protect the Chinese workers
(d) the place in town where Chinese workers gamble

3. What happens after the bird laughs in "On Mortality Again"?
(a) Maui is eaten by Hina.
(b) Hina wakes up.
(c) Maui quickly escapes.
(d) The land falls back into the sea.

4. How might Kingston's father's life have been different had he passed the Imperial Examinations with honors?
(a) Kingston's father may have traveled the world in luxury.
(b) Kingston's father may not have come to Gold Mountain.
(c) Kingston's father may have married an American woman.
(d) Kingston's father may not have had to work a single day in his life.

5. What mood does the letter from Kingston's friend, the physicist, reflect about his return visit to their common ancestral village?
(a) despair
(b) hopeful
(c) indifference
(d) hostile

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the stranger respond to the children's mistake?

2. In "The Ghostmate," what does the young man see along the path that comforts him a little?

3. Which best describes the author when she sends money to her cousin in China?

4. What metaphor does Tang use to compare his bandages hanging to dry?

5. How does the wife that great grandfather Bak Sook Goong takes back to China affect Kingston's heritage?

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