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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 Ai-lan say she will teach Yuan to do?
(a) Be independent.
(b) Sing.
(c) Dance.
(d) Read.

2. Why do parents abandon the children that Yuan's "lady mother" runs a home for?
(a) They are girls.
(b) They are not healthy.
(c) The families were too poor to take care of them.
(d) They were not able to arrange marriages for them.

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

4. How does Yuan feel after thinking about the maid when he should be sleeping?
(a) Overwhelmed.
(b) Anxious.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Happy.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Yuan envious of Sheng?

2. According to Yuan's teacher, why can't Yuan explain the meaning of his poem?

3. How do the soldiers know to look for Yuan?

4. What has Wang the Tiger chosen for Yuan?

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

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