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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. How does Yuan feel about Mary's letter?
(a) Joyful.
(b) Ashamed.
(c) Disappointed.
(d) Anxious.

2. Why do other students claim that Yuan is such a good student?
(a) He has a good tutor.
(b) He has no life besides school work.
(c) He is naturally gifted.
(d) His race gives him advantages.

3. What does Yuan do as he watches his father warm his hands by the fire?
(a) He hands his father a note he has written.
(b) He almost reaches out to touch them but decides against it.
(c) He turns away because he can't bear to look at him.
(d) He grasps his father's hands tightly.

4. At what point does Yuan begin looking at women differently?
(a) When he touches hands with the maid.
(b) When he dances with a woman for the first time.
(c) When he talks to Ai-lan's mother about his father.
(d) When he meets the maid.

5. What is the one thing Yuan will miss when he is abroad?
(a) The pleasure houses.
(b) Ai-lan.
(c) The plot of land.
(d) His lady mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary fear?

2. Why doesn't Yuan have romantic feelings towards Mary?

3. What does Yuan notice about the letter his father sends him?

4. What makes Yuan feel trapped?

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

(see the answer key)

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