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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 dances with a woman for the first time.
(b) When he touches hands with the maid.
(c) When he meets the maid.
(d) When he talks to Ai-lan's mother about his father.

2. Why does Mary want Yuan to meet her in the garden?
(a) Mary has bad news for him.
(b) It is the only place they can be alone.
(c) She needs help with her chores.
(d) A flower is getting ready to bloom.

3. What does Yuan notice about the way he is treated after he returns from America?
(a) He is treated as an adult.
(b) He is eyed very suspiciously.
(c) Most people don't remember him.
(d) He is still treated like a child.

4. Who does Yuan often exchange letters with when he's in America?
(a) Meng.
(b) Ai-lan's mother.
(c) Sheng.
(d) Ai-lan.

5. Why does Yuan decide to stay at the old tenant's home?
(a) It is almost empty.
(b) His father is banned from the area.
(c) He wants to work for them.
(d) They have plenty of food to spare.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the letter Yuan receives from his father say?

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

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

4. What does the teacher's daughter do when they attend church?

5. Yuan befriends a teacher in America who has a daughter. What is the daughter's name?

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