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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3—Pages 215-244.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Wu do when a beggar reaches out to him?
(a) Spits on him.
(b) Smashes his hand with a shoe.
(c) Gives him a large sum of money.
(d) Slaps him across the face.

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

4. What does Yuan discover about his uncle when he visits him after his return to China?
(a) He has lost weight.
(b) He has become very poor.
(c) He has become wealthier.
(d) He has spent more time with Yuan's father.

5. Why do parents abandon the children that Yuan's "lady mother" runs a home for?
(a) They were not able to arrange marriages for them.
(b) They are girls.
(c) The families were too poor to take care of them.
(d) They are not healthy.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what point does Yuan begin looking at women differently?

2. Why doesn't Ai-lan's mother trust Wu?

3. Who is described as being idealistic?

4. What does Yuan's uncle say about Sheng?

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

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