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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. Why is Yuan proud of Ai-lan?
(a) Her education.
(b) She is pregnant.
(c) Her betrothed.
(d) Her beauty.

2. 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.

3. Why does Yuan suddenly despise the common men and beggars?
(a) They make a bad impression.
(b) They are rude.
(c) They do not speak in an educated manner.
(d) They are dirty.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Yuan get angry at the women Sheng keeps company with?

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

3. What does the teacher's daughter feel her father possesses?

4. Why do parents abandon the children that Yuan's "lady mother" runs a home for?

5. Which character has become a captain in the new army?

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