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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1—Pages 46-70.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Ai-lan?
(a) Yuan's sister.
(b) Yuan's grandmother.
(c) Yuan's mother.
(d) Yuan's former classmate.

2. What is Sheng's occupation?
(a) Poet.
(b) Revolutionary.
(c) Fisherman.
(d) Shopkeeper.

3. What does Yuan's "mother" think he should do about his father?
(a) Forget that he exists and stay in the city.
(b) Send a guard to his home to kill him.
(c) Go home to make sure he is still alive.
(d) Contact him to tell him where he is.

4. What is the occupation of Yuan's father?
(a) He is a writer.
(b) He is a shopkeeper.
(c) He is a warlord.
(d) He is a teacher.

5. How does Yuan feel about arranged marriage?
(a) He accepts it and becomes excited.
(b) He understands it, but is still angry at his father.
(c) He is proud of his father's choice.
(d) He despises it and vows to never talk to his father again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yuan do to get the money to travel to the coastal city?

2. What does Ai-lan point out about Yuan?

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

4. What makes Yuan feel trapped?

5. Why does Ai-lan dance with people she doesn't want to dance with?

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