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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1—Pages 101-136.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yuan immediately become aware of when he enters the coastal city?
(a) That people are very suspicious of his prescence.
(b) The differences between rich and poor.
(c) The women are treated different.
(d) The streets are filthy.

2. At the family meeting to discuss the marriage, why do the elders say only very little?
(a) They are not allowed to speak at the meeting.
(b) They don't care about the problem.
(c) They are not able to come up with any solution.
(d) They don't want to offend anybody.

3. What is the occupation of the person Yuan befriends, but keeps a secret?
(a) Shopkeeper.
(b) Revolutionary.
(c) Writer.
(d) Farmer.

4. What does the maid write in her letter to Yuan?
(a) That she loves him but doesn't need marriage.
(b) That he must join the revolutionaries.
(c) That she desperately wants to marry him.
(d) That she will meet him at the pleasure house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Meng?

2. How does Yuan feel about the maid?

3. Why does Ai-lan's mother want Yuan to watch over Ai-lan?

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

5. What does Yuan burn before the soldiers come to raid the houses?

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