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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2—Pages 184-199.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Wang the Landlord?
(a) Yuan's grandfather.
(b) Yuan's classmate.
(c) One of the tenants Yuan stayed with in the countryside.
(d) Yuan's uncle.

2. What does Yuan notice about the letter his father sends him?
(a) It is written in his father's own hand.
(b) The date it was written on has long passed.
(c) It was written in a hurry with little care put into it.
(d) It doesn't seem like something his father would write.

3. What is the one thing Yuan will miss when he is abroad?
(a) The plot of land.
(b) The pleasure houses.
(c) Ai-lan.
(d) His lady mother.

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

5. What has Wang the Tiger chosen for Yuan?
(a) A new horse.
(b) A new school.
(c) A wife.
(d) A new home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What drink does Yuan stomach out of politeness?

2. Why does Yuan dislike being around the poor people?

3. How does Yuan travel to the coastal city?

4. What is Yuan afraid of while he is living with Ai-lan and her mother?

5. Who does Yuan describe as having the loudest laughter of everybody?

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