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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 is the bad news that Yuan receives about his hometown?
(a) Revolutionaries have given up on their cause.
(b) Revolutionaries have attacked white men.
(c) Ai-lan has died.
(d) His father has died.

2. Which character says, "who is not selfish? We are all selfish"?
(a) Meng.
(b) Sheng.
(c) Yuan.
(d) Jim.

3. Who is Mei-ling?
(a) Yuan's classmate.
(b) The teacher's daughter.
(c) The young girl Ai-lan's mother takes in.
(d) The maid's real name.

4. Why doesn't Yuan have romantic feelings towards Mary?
(a) She is disrespectful toward her parents.
(b) She is not as educated as he is.
(c) She is not attractive enough.
(d) She is not the same race as he is.

5. What does Yuan's uncle say about Sheng?
(a) He has gotten in trouble with the law.
(b) He is spending too much money.
(c) His education is not complete.
(d) He has fallen in love with an American woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Meng?

2. How does Yuan respond to his father's reaction to his appearance?

3. What does Ai-lan say she will teach Yuan to do?

4. In Chapter 1 when Yuan is laying awake, what is he thinking about?

5. What social change has occurred since Yuan left for the United States?

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