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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. What does Ai-lan point out about Yuan?
(a) That he is old-fashioned.
(b) That his demeanor is very similar to his father's.
(c) That he lacks education to work in the city.
(d) That he is very naive.

2. Who does not talk when Yuan meets the rest of the family?
(a) Ai-lan.
(b) Sheng.
(c) Ai-lan's mother.
(d) Meng.

3. What word is considered a dangerous one in the city?
(a) Poet.
(b) Warlord.
(c) Revolutionary.
(d) Writer.

4. What is Meng's occupation?
(a) Warlord.
(b) Shopkeeper.
(c) Revolutionary
(d) Poet.

5. Why does Yuan's father claim to have spared the lives of 173 men?
(a) He lacked the manpower to kill all the men.
(b) He did not have sufficient time to kill them.
(c) Yuan's mother asked him to.
(d) For Yuan's sake.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Yuan claim he cannot join the revolutionaries?

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

3. Who built the earthen house that Yuan stays?

4. How does Yuan feel about arranged marriage?

5. Despite outward appearances, how does Yuan feel about his father?

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