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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. When Yuan wakes up on the train, what does he find the train has stopped next to?
(a) A poverty-stricken piece of land.
(b) A river.
(c) A dead horse.
(d) A mountain.

2. Why doesn't Yuan want to wear his hat when he gets it back from the white man?
(a) He realizes that it isn't his hat.
(b) The man dropped it on the ground before giving it back.
(c) The weather is too warm to wear a hat.
(d) It still has the other man's smell on it.

3. After Ai-lan's wedding, what is Yuan ready to do?
(a) Get a job.
(b) See his father.
(c) Go back to America.
(d) Get married and start a family.

4. Why is Yuan careful about what he tells his new friend Jim?
(a) He is suspicious of Jim's motives.
(b) He wants Jim to think highly of his homeland.
(c) He doesn't want Jim to know he was part of the revolutionary groups.
(d) He is ashamed of the life he lived with his father.

5. Why does Sheng want go abroad and never return?
(a) He doesn't want to fight for the common man.
(b) He believes the poor people in foreign countries need more help.
(c) He doesn't believe a revolution is necessary.
(d) The rich people of the region disgust him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What excuse does Yuan use to stop kissing Mary?

2. What does Yuan immediately become aware of when he enters the coastal city?

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

4. Who does Yuan want to marry?

5. When Yuan proposes to a female character, how does she respond?

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