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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. Who is Guan Goong?
(a) the God of War and Literature
(b) an actor in a play in Sacramento
(c) a hero from China's revolution
(d) one of Kingston's grandfathers

2. What details do we learn about the Wild Man when he talks to the translator in his jail cell?
(a) The Wild Man had many friends on the freighter ship and he was confused by their attempts to send him to a foreign country.
(b) The Wild Man has been a seaman his entire life.
(c) The Wild Man is 39-years-old and has seven children in Taiwan.
(d) The Wild Man captured a four-foot alligator.

3. How long had Ed been away from China before he and MaMa were reunited in New York City?
(a) 15 years
(b) 10 years
(c) 2 years
(d) 5 years

4. When the fish-and-game wardens and sheriff deputies use dogs to search for the Wild Man, why is their search so short?
(a) The searchers are convinced that no one could live in the swamp.
(b) The officers are getting bitten by mosquitoes
(c) The officers are sure the sightings are a mass hallucination.
(d) The dogs find no scent to follow.

5. How are the two tales, "On Mortality" and "On Mortality Again" similar?
(a) The setting of both tales is the same.
(b) The main character in both tales is the same.
(c) Both tales are about achieving immortality for humanity.
(d) Both tales have the same mood or tone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Wild Man do on the night he learns that the Border Patrol is sending him back?

2. To what does the narrator in "The Ghostmate" compare the woman's hair?

3. How does Kingston refer to "The Adventures of Lo Bun Sun," based on her childhood perspective?

4. What does the Wild Man do when he ventures out of the Green Swamp?

5. Which best describes the genre of these two chapters: "The Ghostmate" and "The Father From America"?

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