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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Which character from Kingston's folktales in China Men suffers the most?
2. What message does young Kingston believe her grandfathers left behind through the tracks in Stockton?
3. Why is Maui capable of dying when other gods are immortal?
4. What does the monk say Tu Tzu-chun has to do to repay him the third time?
5. Why is this Maui's last deed?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why does Kingston say that MaMa's arrival ends Ed's independent life?
3. What is the purpose for making Tang Ao's capture so easy it could be done by women?
4. What is the significance of the long path that leads to the widow's house in "The Ghostmate"?
5. In "On Mortality," how does the author make the reader sympathize with Tu when he is born as a deaf-mute girl child?
6. Explain the cause for the children's confusion and its effects on the characters in "On Fathers."
7. Identify and describe two historical allusions Kingston makes in "The Grandfather of the Sierra Nevada Mountains."
8. Do you think this chapter "On Fathers" takes place in China or in America? Give reasons for your choice, citing examples from the text.
9. Explain the progression of laws that at first limited Chinese family members from entering the U.S. to the laws that allowed them entry whether the quota had been met or not.
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write a book review of Maxine Hong Kingston's novel China Men. Briefly summarize the plot line in the story, and then describe Kingston's approach to the subject as an author. Finally, tell whether you would recommend this book to someone else. Explain your recommendation to your reader.
Essay Topic 2
Compare and contrast the stories of Kingston's two relatives who helped build up the places they went outside of China. The Great Grandfather of Sandalwood Mountain" and "The Grandfather of the Sierra Nevada Mountains." Describe the similarities among the China men's two experiences, one in Hawaii and the other in America's Western states. Then describe the differences in the two men's experiences. What kinds of things contribute to the differences between the stories?
Essay Topic 3
Describe the traditions associated with Chinese arranged marriages. What is the purpose for the "wailing bride"? How are the customs different for the bride's family and the groom's family? What is the bride expected to do when she sees her groom for the first time? What do these actions imply about the bride's role in her marriage?
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