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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Honolulu, what does Kingston's friend, the dancer, report about Kingston's ancestral village?
(a) the people are housed and fed
(b) the people in the village are ignorant and lazy
(c) the people greeted her with a parade
(d) family members had been forced out to build apartments

2. What technology changes the way the Central Pacific Railroad tunnels through mountains in the Sierra Nevada?
(a) dynamite
(b) automatic hammers
(c) bulldozers
(d) computers

3. How many times does Ah Goong go to Gold Mountain?
(a) three times
(b) five times
(c) never
(d) one time

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

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

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

7. Which is an example from the text of sensory details?
(a) watched the man walk away
(b) gold coins that were really chocolate
(c) mother came out of the house
(d) noses against his coat to sniff his tobacco smell

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

9. What is Tang Ao doing when he meets the Queen?
(a) putting jade studs into his ears
(b) serving a meal to the Queen's court
(c) playing an instrument
(d) having a meal with the queen's court

10. What does a Chinese bride do for three nights before she marries?
(a) She prepares three thousand wedding cakes.
(b) She sits behind bed curtains to sing and weep.
(c) She listens to the prayers of women in the village.
(d) She hides from her groom-to-be and his family.

11. Who is the author speaking or writing to in the beginning of "The Father from China"?
(a) her readers
(b) her siblings
(c) her father
(d) her mother

12. Which railroad company building the Transcontinental Railroad does Ah Goong work for?
(a) the Union Pacific Railroad
(b) The Colorado Railroad
(c) the Central Pacific Railroad
(d) The Mississippi Railroad

13. How many days does the China Men's strike in the Sierra Nevada Mountains last before a compromise is made with the Central Pacific Railroad?
(a) nine days
(b) one year
(c) nine weeks
(d) two months

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

15. How does Kingston show that the main character is enjoying his feast with the woman of the house in "The Ghostmate"?
(a) Kingston describes the disgusting way that the young man eats.
(b) Kingston says that the young man hears a deer cry.
(c) Kingston says the meal lasts a long while.
(d) Kingston says he feeds like an aristocrat.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What purpose does the mother character serve by entering the story at this point?

3. What is the significance of the court case, Chae Chan Ping v. The United States?

4. In 1884, who is the first Chinese immigrant denied citizenship based on race?

5. Why does Kingston grow up thinking her Father hates girls and women?

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