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

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

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

4. What do the two women come to tell Yuan about his father?
(a) He has attempted to commit suicide.
(b) He is getting married.
(c) He was injured during a fight.
(d) He is ill.

5. Which of the following is a common theme throughout the first part of the book?
(a) Family pride.
(b) Being scared of war.
(c) Dealing with the absence of a father.
(d) Running from one's self.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Wu Li-yang's occupation?

2. Who built the earthen house that Yuan stays?

3. How old is Meng?

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

5. What does Yuan's "mother" want to ask Yuan's father?

(see the answer key)

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