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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4—Pages 312-353.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yuan believe that Sheng has not experienced?
(a) War.
(b) Poverty.
(c) High society.
(d) American culture.

2. What does Yuan burn before the soldiers come to raid the houses?
(a) A letter from his father.
(b) A letter from the maid.
(c) A childhood momento.
(d) A book about the revolutionary cause.

3. Who is described as having "the strangest shyness toward all females"?
(a) Wang the Tiger.
(b) Sheng.
(c) Ai-lan.
(d) Yuan.

4. What reason does Yuan give to Meng for not joining the cause?
(a) He wants to focus on writing.
(b) His father would not approve.
(c) He has no interest in the cause.
(d) His life is too busy.

5. What does Yuan notice about the letter his father sends him?
(a) It is written in his father's own hand.
(b) It was written in a hurry with little care put into it.
(c) It doesn't seem like something his father would write.
(d) The date it was written on has long passed.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Yuan's teacher, why can't Yuan explain the meaning of his poem?

2. Who does Yuan get into a dispute with on the train?

3. Who does Yuan want to marry?

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

5. In what two ways does Yuan's teacher believe Yuan and Mary are alike?

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