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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3—Pages 244-283.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 grasps his father's hands tightly.
(d) He turns away because he can't bear to look at him.

2. Who is the maid friends with?
(a) Meng.
(b) Yuan's uncle.
(c) Ai-lan.
(d) Sheng.

3. What does Yuan burn before the soldiers come to raid the houses?
(a) A childhood momento.
(b) A letter from his father.
(c) A book about the revolutionary cause.
(d) A letter from the maid.

4. What does Yuan find physically unattractive about Mary?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Her eyes.
(c) Her nose.
(d) Her skin.

5. Why doesn't Yuan want to wear his hat when he gets it back from the white man?
(a) The weather is too warm to wear a hat.
(b) He realizes that it isn't his hat.
(c) The man dropped it on the ground before giving it back.
(d) It still has the other man's smell on it.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the family meeting to discuss the marriage, why do the elders say only very little?

2. What does Wu do when a beggar reaches out to him?

3. What is Mei-ling's goal?

4. Which of the following is a common theme throughout the first part of the book?

5. Why is Yuan careful about what he tells his new friend Jim?

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