A House Divided Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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A House Divided Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yuan do to get the money to travel to the coastal city?
(a) He sells his clothes.
(b) He gets money from his father.
(c) He steals from a beggar.
(d) He sells his horse.

2. When he's in the countryside, what does Yuan decide to do after he receives news about his father?
(a) He continues on his journey.
(b) He returns home.
(c) He stays in the countryside.
(d) He returns to school.

3. What is Yuan's father wearing when he returns from his absence in Chapter 1?
(a) Muddy boots.
(b) A revolutionary's uniform.
(c) Stolen shoes.
(d) A curtain-like robe.

4. What is Yuan still searching for?
(a) A new home.
(b) His father's acceptance.
(c) Freedom.
(d) True love.

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

6. Why doesn't Yuan want to rent a room from the woman who runs the only home willing to rent him a room?
(a) She is ugly and loud-mouthed.
(b) The room is too expensive.
(c) She has opposing political beliefs.
(d) She is racist.

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

8. 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) It still has the other man's smell on it.
(c) He realizes that it isn't his hat.
(d) The man dropped it on the ground before giving it back.

9. What is the occupation of the person Yuan befriends, but keeps a secret?
(a) Farmer.
(b) Writer.
(c) Revolutionary.
(d) Shopkeeper.

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

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

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

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

14. How old is Yuan when he arrives in America?
(a) 21.
(b) 19.
(c) 20.
(d) 17.

15. What does Yuan's "mother" think he should do about his father?
(a) Forget that he exists and stay in the city.
(b) Go home to make sure he is still alive.
(c) Send a guard to his home to kill him.
(d) Contact him to tell him where he is.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Yuan feel about the maid?

3. What does Yuan do in response to his father arranging a marriage for him?

4. What does Yuan notice about his "lady mother" when they eat dinner?

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

(see the answer keys)

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