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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1884, who is the first Chinese immigrant denied citizenship based on race?
(a) Wong Kim Ark
(b) Yick Wo
(c) Chan Young
(d) Yue Ting

2. Why does the young man enter the house of the young widow?
(a) He is selling wares door-to-door
(b) He is lonely and seeks companionship.
(c) He is being chased by dogs.
(d) He seeks shelter from a storm along the mountain path.

3. From what point of view is "On Fathers" written?
(a) third-person limited
(b) first-person narrative
(c) first-person observer
(d) third--person omniscient

4. When does the story of Tu-Tzu-chin take place?
(a) modern times
(b) middle of the 16th century
(c) middle of the 1st century
(d) middle of the 19th century

5. Which of the following is an example of a simile used in "The Ghostmate"?
(a) The bowls of soup are bottomless.
(b) Steam rises as if a mirage of food floated on the table.
(c) The orange of the firelight suffuses the prorcelain.
(d) He gorges; he indulges his appetite.

6. Which two islands does Kingston suggest her father had gone to before entering America?
(a) Ellis Island and Cuba
(b) Angel Island and Ellis Island
(c) Hawaii and Cuba
(d) Angel Island and Cuba

7. To what does this simile refer: "Sap ran from its cuts like crying blind eyes"?
(a) cuts on Ah Goong's arms after working in the forest
(b) a blind child that cried all the time
(c) a huge redwood tree that Ah Goong helped cut down
(d) bamboo that had to be cut before the rail could be laid

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

9. Which of the following from "The Ghostmate" shows that the young man is feeling guilty about not returning to his family?
(a) His wife would enjoy hearing about his lucky night.
(b) Instead he feeds like a zoo animal.
(c) He asks, "Do you live alone?"
(d) The young husband should have hinted for some leftovers to bring home.

10. Why do the basketmen stop working in autumn?
(a) Men do not have the right clothes
(b) The baskets would fall apart because of age
(c) The winds are too high to work at high elevation
(d) The season is a Chinese holiday

11. How do the women manage to capture Tang Ao?
(a) The women kneeled to take off his shoes.
(b) The women tackle him and tie his hands together.
(c) Tang Ao is not on guard against ladies.
(d) The women use weapons to make him come along.

12. What were the Chinese wives most likely afraid of when their husbands left for Gold Mountain?
(a) that their husbands would settle in America with new wives
(b) that their husbands might bring back a new wife
(c) that their husbands will get harmed by bandits while still in China
(d) that their husbands would return broke and broken

13. What rule do the "white demons" enforce that is problematic for great grandfather Bak Goong while he is working in the sugar cane fields?
(a) working
(b) counting
(c) silence
(d) singing

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In what year did the U.S. immigration laws discard the Western Hemisphere quota and move to a worldwide quota?

3. Who is the narrator in this chapter?

4. What reason is given for torturing Tang Ao?

5. Which of the following is an example of figurative language?

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