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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ai-lan point out about Yuan?
(a) That he lacks education to work in the city.
(b) That he is old-fashioned.
(c) That he is very naive.
(d) That his demeanor is very similar to his father's.

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

3. Which character looks at the rich and fat with disdain?
(a) Sheng.
(b) Ai-lan.
(c) Yuan.
(d) Meng.

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

5. What does Yuan think of the poor people in the city?
(a) He would rather have them dead than bothering him on the streets.
(b) He doesn't want them around him, but doesn't want them to die.
(c) He has no opinion of them.
(d) He wants to invite a group of them in for food.

6. What do the two women come to tell Yuan about his father?
(a) He is ill.
(b) He was injured during a fight.
(c) He is getting married.
(d) He has attempted to commit suicide.

7. Who's friend is Wu Li-yang?
(a) Yuan.
(b) Yuan's uncle.
(c) Sheng.
(d) Meng.

8. Why does Yuan find himself hating tradition?
(a) It stifles creativity.
(b) It takes away his freedom.
(c) It is a tool used by his father to manipulate him.
(d) It prevents him in finding true love.

9. What is the occupation of Yuan's father?
(a) He is a shopkeeper.
(b) He is a warlord.
(c) He is a writer.
(d) He is a teacher.

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

11. Why does Yuan enjoy traveling alone?
(a) It refreshes his creativity.
(b) He is afraid of being controlled.
(c) It gives him time away from his father.
(d) He enjoys sight-seeing.

12. How does Yuan show a lack of courtesy towards the old tenants, besides inviting himself into their home?
(a) He invites others into their home.
(b) He demands they give him money.
(c) He takes their one and only horse.
(d) He eats from their sparse food supply.

13. Why does Yuan dislike the 17-year-old daughter of the landlady?
(a) She is very loud.
(b) She has not been properly educated.
(c) She is lazy and messy.
(d) She dresses to gain the attention of men.

14. How long does Yuan live in the earthen house before his father's people find him?
(a) Six days.
(b) Four days.
(c) Six months.
(d) Two weeks.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What time is it when Yuan arrives at his father's house?

2. Why does Yuan's father claim to have spared the lives of 173 men?

3. What does Yuan burn before the soldiers come to raid the houses?

4. How does Yuan feel when he wears his new clothes and looks in the mirror?

5. How does Yuan feel about arranged marriage?

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