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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Chan Moong Gut in "The Great Grandfather of the Sandalwood Mountains"?
(a) the young man who left his village for the Imperial Examinations
(b) the other great grandfather that worked in the Sandalwood Mountains
(c) a magical character in Bak Goong's tall tales
(d) the ghost of Bak Goong's dead father

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

3. Who is Tu Tzu-chun's examiner?
(a) Tu Tzu-chong reincarnated
(b) The Buddah
(c) A Taoist monk
(d) Tu Tzu-chun's father

4. What is the simile "like a knot of ginger root" referring to?
(a) the shape of Tang's ears
(b) Tang's broken and stacked toes
(c) the veins in Tang's broken feet
(d) Tang's arthritic hands

5. What two actions result from the Scott Act of 1888?
(a) voiding Certificates of Return and requiring Certificate of Residence be shown on demand
(b) identifying free whites as eligible to apply for U.S. citizenship and giving African Aliens eligibility to apply for U.S. citizenshi
(c) defining
(d) suspending the Burlingame Treaty for 20 years and making Chinese men cut off their ponytails

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Which railroad company building the Transcontinental Railroad does Ah Goong work for?

3. What do the women do to help stir the cool female winds inside Tang's body?

4. Who is Guan Goong?

5. 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?

Short Essay Questions

1. Identify and describe two historical allusions Kingston makes in "The Grandfather of the Sierra Nevada Mountains."

2. Briefly describe the process of footbinding and tell why the women sing to him when tightly bandaging his feet.

3. What is the significance of the long path that leads to the widow's house in "The Ghostmate"?

4. At the end of the "The Laws," Kingston predicts that the 1980 census may show that a million or more ethnic Chinese will be living in the United States. Why does she have to predict the census numbers?

5. Tell what the Four Valuable Things are and explain their importance to the Chinese culture.

6. Compare and contrast the proverbs "On Mortality" and "On Mortality Again."

7. Provide examples from "The Ghostmate" of vivid imagery that reveals the man's mood as he heads back to his childhood home. Is the young man happy or sad?

8. Explain how prior knowledge or a similar experience can help a reader understand the events that occur in "On Fathers."

9. Compare and contrast the tales that Kingston makes up about how her father gets to America.

10. Describe the elements of fantasy Kingston uses to characterize Maui the Trickster in "On Mortality Again."

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