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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. What makes Yuan feel trapped?
(a) His lack of education.
(b) His lack of money.
(c) His father's controlling love.
(d) His mother's lack of confidence in him.

2. What do the two women come to tell Yuan about his father?
(a) He is getting married.
(b) He has attempted to commit suicide.
(c) He was injured during a fight.
(d) He is ill.

3. What word is considered a dangerous one in the city?
(a) Poet.
(b) Writer.
(c) Revolutionary.
(d) Warlord.

4. What is Yuan's inner struggle?
(a) Finding somebody he loves.
(b) Going against tradition.
(c) Trying to gain the acceptance of his father.
(d) Being away from his father.

5. When he's in the countryside, what does Yuan decide to do after he receives news about his father?
(a) He returns home.
(b) He returns to school.
(c) He stays in the countryside.
(d) He continues on his journey.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yuan's "mother" think he should do about his father?

2. How does Yuan travel to the coastal city?

3. Who is described as having "the strangest shyness toward all females"?

4. Which of the following is a common theme throughout the first part of the book?

5. What is the occupation of Yuan's father?

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