2. Why has been Cheuh-hsin been drinking so much in Chapter 14?
(a) Because it is part of his job.
(b) Because he is miserable.
(c) Because he is so happy.
(d) Because it is the holidays.

3. What position does Wan-erh hold in the Kao household?
(a) She is a cousin.
(b) She is a servant.
(c) She is a concubine.
(d) She is a sister-in-law.

4. In Chapter 16, what does Cheuh-hui do that makes Ming-feng feel safe?
(a) He writes her a love poem.
(b) He sings her a song.
(c) He stands outside her room.
(d) He holds her hand.

5. What word does not describe the Cheuh family?
(a) Prosperous.
(b) Non-traditional.
(c) Aristocratic.
(d) Well-known.

6. What does Chueh-hui learn when playing chess with his sister-in-law?
(a) That she lost some things too when she married Chueh-hsin.
(b) That she is miserable at the Kao home.
(c) That she is a master chess player.
(d) That she is pregnant with her second child.

7. At what point in the first three chapters does the reader find out the brothers are from the gentry?
(a) During dinner.
(b) When the boys are walking home.
(c) When the boys names and ages are being shared.
(d) When Chueh-hui first speaks to Ming-Feng.

8. What subject does Chueh-hsin expect to go study at university?
(a) Math.
(b) Science.
(c) Business.
(d) English.

9. What does Cheuh-hui realize about how the talk of change and the new order affects Cheuh-hsin?
(a) He realizes it makes him happy because he is free.
(b) He realizes it must anger him because he likes tradition.
(c) He realizes it must devastate him because he is stuck.
(d) He realizes it must give him hope because he wants change.

10. Who promises to keep an eye on Cheuh-hui to make sure he does not leave the house for a few days?
(a) Mrs. Chang.
(b) Cheuh-hsin.
(c) Master Kao.
(d) Chin.

11. What is Cheuh-hsin's grandfather's name?
(a) Jun jun
(b) Yeh yeh.
(c) Shen shen.
(d) Fai fai.

12. How much younger than Chueh-min is Chueh-hui?
(a) Two years.
(b) Ten months.
(c) About 18 months.
(d) One year.

13. What is Wan-erh afraid of?
(a) That Madame Chou does not like her.
(b) That she will end up like Ming-Feng.
(c) Becoming a concubine.
(d) Becoming a begger on the streets.

14. Besides the boys' cousin, what other relatives are at dinner during the first three chapters of the story?
(a) Two aunts.
(b) The boys grandparents.
(c) Their great-grandfather.
(d) Two uncles.

15. What decision does Chueh-hui make, despite the fact it may anger his grandfather?
(a) He decides to advocate revolutionary thinking.
(b) He decides to no longer stay at home.
(c) He decides to leave the city and set out on his own.
(d) He decides to write his own liberal magazine.