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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2—Pages 199-214.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What makes Yuan feel trapped?
(a) His lack of money.
(b) His lack of education.
(c) His mother's lack of confidence in him.
(d) His father's controlling love.

2. What is the occupation of Yuan's father?
(a) He is a warlord.
(b) He is a teacher.
(c) He is a writer.
(d) He is a shopkeeper.

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

4. What does the letter Yuan receives from his father say?
(a) That he wants Yuan to come home immediately.
(b) That the prearranged marriage is going on as planned.
(c) That his ailments are only getting worse.
(d) That he wants to cancel the prearranged marriage.

5. What allows Yuan to look past the fact that his teacher's family is American?
(a) They have ancestors from his homeland.
(b) They have a lot of wealth.
(c) His teacher reminds him of his father.
(d) They are kind to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Yuan dislike the 17-year-old daughter of the landlady?

2. What does Yuan find physically unattractive about Mary?

3. What does the teacher's daughter feel her father possesses?

4. How does Yuan feel after thinking about the maid when he should be sleeping?

5. What does Yuan reject about Mary?

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