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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3—Pages 244-283.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At what point does Yuan begin looking at women differently?
(a) When he talks to Ai-lan's mother about his father.
(b) When he meets the maid.
(c) When he touches hands with the maid.
(d) When he dances with a woman for the first time.

2. How does Yuan feel when he wears his new clothes and looks in the mirror?
(a) He is proud.
(b) He is ashamed.
(c) He is self-conscious.
(d) He is jealous of Ai-lan.

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

4. How old is Yuan when he arrives in America?
(a) 17.
(b) 21.
(c) 19.
(d) 20.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When he's in the countryside, what does Yuan decide to do after he receives news about his father?

3. What does Yuan discover in his father's room?

4. What does Yuan notice about the way he is treated after he returns from America?

5. What does Wu do when a beggar reaches out to him?

(see the answer key)

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