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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1—Pages 46-70.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who says, "almost I understand how sons kill their fathers in these days"?
(a) Yuan.
(b) Yuan's father.
(c) Ai-lan's mother.
(d) Yuan's sister.

2. What does Yuan immediately become aware of when he enters the coastal city?
(a) The women are treated different.
(b) The differences between rich and poor.
(c) The streets are filthy.
(d) That people are very suspicious of his prescence.

3. How does Yuan feel when he wears his new clothes and looks in the mirror?
(a) He is ashamed.
(b) He is self-conscious.
(c) He is jealous of Ai-lan.
(d) He is proud.

4. Who says, "I cannot kill--I am not brave, I know"?
(a) Ai-lan's mother.
(b) Yuan's father.
(c) Yuan.
(d) Ai-lan.

5. What does Yuan notice about his "lady mother" when they eat dinner?
(a) She is timid and seems to fear speaking up.
(b) She likes to talk about the work the revolutionaries are doing.
(c) She can keep Ai-lan quiet without saying a word.
(d) She has very few table manners.

Short Answer Questions

1. What makes Yuan feel trapped?

2. What do the two women come to tell Yuan about his father?

3. Who is described as having "the strangest shyness toward all females"?

4. What does Yuan do to get the money to travel to the coastal city?

5. What is Yuan's father wearing when he returns from his absence in Chapter 1?

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