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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which statement best describes Kingston's attitude toward the Communists?
(a) Communists thought they converted us, but neighbors remained true to one another.
(b) The Chinese state of Communists, like Great Grandfather said, will become a World of Communism.
(c) Communists all look the same in photographs; which are men and which are women?
(d) Communists are mere monkeys trying to be human beings.

2. What does Kingston hear from her schoolmates that makes her long to be normal?
(a) Kingston must walk home with her huge uncle everyday.
(b) Kingston's schoolmates make fun of her clothes.
(c) The other children speak of family members saying, "I love you."
(d) Children speak of being spanked and being kissed goodnight

3. What kind of business does Father buy?
(a) a tobacco shop
(b) a barbershop
(c) a gambling house
(d) a laundry

4. Why was Ch'u Yuan banished from the Center and from the Royal Court?
(a) The King blames Ch'u Yuan for losing the war against Ch'in.
(b) The King asks Ch'u Yuan to spread his philosophy to the outer world.
(c) Ch'u Yuan is a spy for the Ch'in army.
(d) Ch'u Yuan seeks the opinion of fishermen and other non-royals.

5. What does Lo Sun Bun's father tell him before Lo heads out to sea?
(a) Heaven will not bless you.
(b) I wish you good and safe travel my son.
(c) I disown you as my son.
(d) Please return home soon.

6. What word best describes the meaning of Ch'u Yuan's name?
(a) righteous
(b) peace
(c) next king
(d) dirty crowd

7. How does Kingston refer to "The Adventures of Lo Bun Sun," based on her childhood perspective?
(a) Kingston says that
(b) Kingston says this is one of the more boring books her mother read to her.
(c) Kingston says that this story was reminiscent of the China Men she saw leaving for Gold Mountain.
(d) Kingston says that it was very hard to sit through MaMa's reading of this book.

8. How many China Men make up the Chinese population in Alaska?
(a) 1,000
(b) 100
(c) 700
(d) 150

9. How do readers know that the Hundred-Year-Old Man took a job in Hawai'i that paid for passage and offered steady pay, just the same as Kingston's great grandfather?
(a) Both the Hundred-Year-Old Man and great grandfather enjoyed watching the small sugarcane plants grow, therefore the two men must have worked at the same time.
(b) The details of the old man's experiences with working to clear land, going to town on pay day, and how he spent his money are the same as in the story told about Kingston's great grandfather.
(c) The old man sees the King and Prince of the Hawai'ian Islands who offer him work, just as in the great grandfather's story.
(d) The old man has only left the island two times in his life to go to other Hawai'ian Islands, same as great grandfather who decides to remain in Hawai'i and not return to China.

10. What animal does Lo Bun Sun make his pet and what does he teach it to do?
(a) Lo makes the dog that he rescued from the ship his pet and he teaches it to retrieve the birds Lo shoots.
(b) Lo makes the cat from the ship his pet and he teaches it to come when called.
(c) Lo makes a parrot his pet and he teaches it how to speak so that Lo can hear a human voice.
(d) Lo makes a goat his pet and he teaches the goat to attack its predators.

11. What does Say Goong call a "sky chicken"?
(a) a rooster
(b) a fly
(c) a toad
(d) a horse

12. What effects do the comic books have on Kingston and her Chinese American family?
(a) The stories that were unfit for children must have been worse than guts hanging out.
(b) Comic books distract the children from the horrors of war by showing Chop Chop.
(c) Comic books reinforce the stereotype of the Chinese American or Oriental.
(d) Comic books gave Chinese Americans true and accurate information about the Vietnam War.

13. What does the Hundred-Year-Old Man say he carried with him from China to Hawai'i?
(a) mementos from China, such a photos of his family
(b) noodles, ginger, and dried fruit
(c) extra water to keep his plants alive
(d) pigs in cages and chives and onions growing in cans

14. What response does Kingston's oldest brother get from the Filipino and other island natives when he says he is a Chinese American?
(a) You'll never survive here.
(b) Let me hear you speak English.
(c) You are lucky.
(d) You are a traitor.

15. 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 captured a four-foot alligator.
(c) The Wild Man is 39-years-old and has seven children in Taiwan.
(d) The Wild Man has been a seaman his entire life.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tradition does Mad Sao perform at his mother's graveside that the Kingston family does not do after Uncle Kau's funeral?

2. What are the contents of the Wild Man's bag which is made from a pair of pants?

3. Why is Kingston confused about the story of the gold needle in a mountain in the Philippines?

4. How does Kingston's Father avoid the draft?

5. From whom do MaMa and Father have to keep their savings a secret?

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