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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Yuan claim he cannot join the revolutionaries?
(a) He doesn't have the right uniform.
(b) He could never kill a man.
(c) He doesn't believe a revolution is necessary.
(d) His father would disapprove.

2. Why doesn't Yuan want to rent a room from the woman who runs the only home willing to rent him a room?
(a) She is racist.
(b) The room is too expensive.
(c) She has opposing political beliefs.
(d) She is ugly and loud-mouthed.

3. What causes Yuan to start paying more attention to Ai-lan's female friends then he previously did?
(a) His "lady mother" convinced him he should.
(b) His father's letter about the arranged marriage.
(c) The maid's jealousy of them.
(d) Ai-lan convinced him to pay more attention to them.

4. Which of the following is a common theme throughout the first part of the book?
(a) Running from one's self.
(b) Being scared of war.
(c) Family pride.
(d) Dealing with the absence of a father.

5. Why does Yuan's father claim to have spared the lives of 173 men?
(a) He lacked the manpower to kill all the men.
(b) Yuan's mother asked him to.
(c) For Yuan's sake.
(d) He did not have sufficient time to kill them.

6. What do the two women come to tell Yuan about his father?
(a) He is getting married.
(b) He has attempted to commit suicide.
(c) He was injured during a fight.
(d) He is ill.

7. What does the letter Yuan receives from his father say?
(a) That the prearranged marriage is going on as planned.
(b) That he wants Yuan to come home immediately.
(c) That his ailments are only getting worse.
(d) That he wants to cancel the prearranged marriage.

8. Who is described as having "the strangest shyness toward all females"?
(a) Yuan.
(b) Ai-lan.
(c) Sheng.
(d) Wang the Tiger.

9. Why does Yuan stop riding his horse when he is in the countryside?
(a) People believe he is mistreating it.
(b) He sustains an injury and has trouble riding.
(c) It makes people think he is a soldier.
(d) He doesn't know how to take care of a horse.

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

11. Who's friend is Wu Li-yang?
(a) Yuan.
(b) Yuan's uncle.
(c) Sheng.
(d) Meng.

12. Who says, "almost I understand how sons kill their fathers in these days"?
(a) Yuan's father.
(b) Yuan's sister.
(c) Yuan.
(d) Ai-lan's mother.

13. Despite outward appearances, how does Yuan feel about his father?
(a) He despises him.
(b) He admires him.
(c) He is proud of his hard work.
(d) He strives to be just like him.

14. Why are guards accompanying Yuan on his way back home?
(a) They think he might try to escape.
(b) They are trying to protect him.
(c) They are good friends with him.
(d) They have directions that he must follow.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the occupation of the person Yuan befriends, but keeps a secret?

2. Who is Ai-lan?

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

4. What word is considered a dangerous one in the city?

5. What does the maid write in her letter to Yuan?

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