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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2—Pages 184-199.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Yuan's father claim to have spared the lives of 173 men?
(a) He lacked the manpower to kill all the men.
(b) He did not have sufficient time to kill them.
(c) For Yuan's sake.
(d) Yuan's mother asked him to.

2. Why does Yuan dislike being around the poor people?
(a) They cannot read.
(b) They ask him for money.
(c) They grab him.
(d) They smell bad.

3. Why doesn't Yuan want to wear his hat when he gets it back from the white man?
(a) The weather is too warm to wear a hat.
(b) He realizes that it isn't his hat.
(c) The man dropped it on the ground before giving it back.
(d) It still has the other man's smell on it.

4. What is Meng's occupation?
(a) Poet.
(b) Warlord.
(c) Revolutionary
(d) Shopkeeper.

5. How does Yuan feel about his studies?
(a) He despises studying.
(b) He thinks it's a waste of time.
(c) He has trouble learning in his environment.
(d) He enjoys school and learning.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Meng?

2. Who is Wang the Landlord?

3. What does Yuan do as he watches his father warm his hands by the fire?

4. How often does Yuan's father write to him when he's in America?

5. Who says, "they feel because you are what you are, how glorious to win you to their cause "?

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