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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4—Pages 312-353.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Yuan dislike being around the poor people?
(a) They grab him.
(b) They ask him for money.
(c) They cannot read.
(d) They smell bad.

2. Why does Yuan look forward to the upcoming holidays?
(a) He wants to spend time with Wang the Tiger.
(b) He wants to pay back Wang the Merchant.
(c) He wants to spend time with Mei-ling.
(d) He wants to help Ai-lan with her new baby.

3. What does Yuan do to get the money to travel to the coastal city?
(a) He sells his clothes.
(b) He sells his horse.
(c) He steals from a beggar.
(d) He gets money from his father.

4. Why does Mary want Yuan to meet her in the garden?
(a) A flower is getting ready to bloom.
(b) Mary has bad news for him.
(c) It is the only place they can be alone.
(d) She needs help with her chores.

5. Why do parents abandon the children that Yuan's "lady mother" runs a home for?
(a) They are not healthy.
(b) They were not able to arrange marriages for them.
(c) The families were too poor to take care of them.
(d) They are girls.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who invites Yuan to come work in the new capital city?

2. Who does Yuan describe as having the loudest laughter of everybody?

3. Who does Yuan often exchange letters with when he's in America?

4. Why does Yuan decide to stay at the old tenant's home?

5. What is one thing that Yuan likes about Mei-ling?

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