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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3—Pages 244-283.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Yuan want to marry?
(a) Ai-lan.
(b) Mei-ling.
(c) The maid.
(d) Mary.

2. Why do other students claim that Yuan is such a good student?
(a) His race gives him advantages.
(b) He has a good tutor.
(c) He is naturally gifted.
(d) He has no life besides school work.

3. Who does Yuan ask to reveal the truth about the bad news in his hometown?
(a) Ai-lan.
(b) Wang the Tiger.
(c) Meng.
(d) Sheng.

4. What is Yuan's inner struggle?
(a) Going against tradition.
(b) Being away from his father.
(c) Trying to gain the acceptance of his father.
(d) Finding somebody he loves.

5. What does the letter Yuan receives from his father say?
(a) That he wants to cancel the prearranged marriage.
(b) That he wants Yuan to come home immediately.
(c) That the prearranged marriage is going on as planned.
(d) That his ailments are only getting worse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What emotions are on the faces of the villagers as Yuan is leaving?

2. Why does Yuan claim he cannot join the revolutionaries?

3. What has happened to Yuan's plot of land?

4. Why is Yuan careful about what he tells his new friend Jim?

5. Yuan befriends a teacher in America who has a daughter. What is the daughter's name?

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