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

2. Why does Ai-lan dance with people she doesn't want to dance with?
(a) She is desperate for a husband.
(b) She doesn't want to be rude.
(c) She enjoys the company of strangers.
(d) It is forbidden for women to turn down a dance.

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

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

5. Who's friend is Wu Li-yang?
(a) Meng.
(b) Yuan.
(c) Yuan's uncle.
(d) Sheng.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Meng's occupation?

3. How does Yuan travel to the coastal city?

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

5. What do the two women come to tell Yuan about his father?

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