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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1—Pages 70-101.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Yuan stop riding his horse when he is in the countryside?
(a) He sustains an injury and has trouble riding.
(b) It makes people think he is a soldier.
(c) People believe he is mistreating it.
(d) He doesn't know how to take care of a horse.

2. Who does Yuan find himself holding hands with after they ask him to join the revolutionaries' cause?
(a) Ai-lan.
(b) Ai-lan's mother.
(c) The maid.
(d) A young woman from the pleasure house.

3. What does Yuan use the plot of land for?
(a) He meets there with other revolutionists.
(b) He goes there to write.
(c) A science experiment.
(d) A school project.

4. Despite outward appearances, how does Yuan feel about his father?
(a) He despises him.
(b) He strives to be just like him.
(c) He admires him.
(d) He is proud of his hard work.

5. Who built the earthen house that Yuan stays?
(a) A prominent social figure in the town.
(b) Yuan's father.
(c) A mysterious man that many fear.
(d) Yuan's grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Yuan enjoy traveling alone?

2. Why does Yuan's father claim to have spared the lives of 173 men?

3. How does Yuan feel when he wears his new clothes and looks in the mirror?

4. What does Ai-lan point out about Yuan?

5. Who is Ai-lan?

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