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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1—Pages 27-46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Yuan still searching for?
(a) A new home.
(b) Freedom.
(c) His father's acceptance.
(d) True love.

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

3. What does Yuan do as he watches his father warm his hands by the fire?
(a) He turns away because he can't bear to look at him.
(b) He almost reaches out to touch them but decides against it.
(c) He grasps his father's hands tightly.
(d) He hands his father a note he has written.

4. 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.

5. Who says, "almost I understand how sons kill their fathers in these days"?
(a) Yuan.
(b) Yuan's sister.
(c) Ai-lan's mother.
(d) Yuan's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yuan do in response to his father arranging a marriage for him?

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

3. What is Yuan's father wearing when he returns from his absence in Chapter 1?

4. Who says, "I cannot kill--I am not brave, I know"?

5. How long does Yuan live in the earthen house before his father's people find him?

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