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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2—Pages 137-161.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who built the earthen house that Yuan stays?
(a) Yuan's grandfather.
(b) A prominent social figure in the town.
(c) Yuan's father.
(d) A mysterious man that many fear.

4. What is Wu Li-yang's occupation?
(a) Writer.
(b) Teacher.
(c) Revolutionary.
(d) Begger.

5. Why is Yuan careful about what he tells his new friend Jim?
(a) He is suspicious of Jim's motives.
(b) He is ashamed of the life he lived with his father.
(c) He doesn't want Jim to know he was part of the revolutionary groups.
(d) He wants Jim to think highly of his homeland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time is it when Yuan arrives at his father's house?

2. When Yuan writes to his father from America, what does he tell him?

3. Who says, "almost I understand how sons kill their fathers in these days"?

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

5. Why does Yuan stop riding his horse when he is in the countryside?

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