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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. How does Yuan show a lack of courtesy towards the old tenants, besides inviting himself into their home?
(a) He demands they give him money.
(b) He eats from their sparse food supply.
(c) He invites others into their home.
(d) He takes their one and only horse.

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

3. What does Yuan discover in his father's room?
(a) His father has left him a large sum of money.
(b) That his father is not there.
(c) The room is completely empty of all furniture.
(d) His mother is waiting for him there.

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

5. Why does Yuan claim he cannot join the revolutionaries?
(a) His father would disapprove.
(b) He doesn't have the right uniform.
(c) He doesn't believe a revolution is necessary.
(d) He could never kill a man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are guards accompanying Yuan on his way back home?

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

3. In Chapter 1 when Yuan is laying awake, what is he thinking about?

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

5. What makes Yuan feel trapped?

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