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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. What causes Yuan to remain solitary when he's in America?
(a) He is suspicious of Americans.
(b) His writing consumes his life.
(c) His lack of communication skills.
(d) His native pride.

2. Which character do all the women admire?
(a) Sheng.
(b) Wang the Tiger.
(c) Yuan.
(d) Meng.

3. Who says, "they feel because you are what you are, how glorious to win you to their cause "?
(a) Sheng.
(b) Yuan.
(c) Mary.
(d) Yuan's teacher.

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

5. Why is Yuan so interested in his teacher's daughter?
(a) She reminds him of Ai-lan.
(b) She is well-educated.
(c) She is interested in Yuan's homeland.
(d) He thinks his father would approve of her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Mei-ling when Yuan returns to China from America?

2. What does Yuan discover when he returns to the coastal city?

3. Who is Mei-ling?

4. What do Yuan's reasons for staying at the home of the old tenants demonstrate?

5. Which of the following does Yuan bring back with him from America?

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