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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Yuan think of the poor people in the city?
(a) He doesn't want them around him, but doesn't want them to die.
(b) He has no opinion of them.
(c) He would rather have them dead than bothering him on the streets.
(d) He wants to invite a group of them in for food.

3. What time is it when Yuan arrives at his father's house?
(a) Evening.
(b) Late night.
(c) Early morning.
(d) Early afternoon.

4. What is Wu Li-yang's occupation?
(a) Revolutionary.
(b) Begger.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Writer.

5. What word is considered a dangerous one in the city?
(a) Poet.
(b) Warlord.
(c) Writer.
(d) Revolutionary.

6. Why does Yuan enjoy traveling alone?
(a) It refreshes his creativity.
(b) He is afraid of being controlled.
(c) He enjoys sight-seeing.
(d) It gives him time away from his father.

7. When Yuan attends the secret meeting, how is he regarded by the rest of the members?
(a) They are immediately happy to have him.
(b) They are immediately suspicious of him.
(c) They are too busy to notice him.
(d) They purposely ignore him.

8. How does Yuan travel to the coastal city?
(a) He finds a group to travel with.
(b) By train.
(c) By horse.
(d) On foot.

9. Who says, "I cannot kill--I am not brave, I know"?
(a) Yuan.
(b) Ai-lan.
(c) Ai-lan's mother.
(d) Yuan's father.

10. Who is Ai-lan?
(a) Yuan's grandmother.
(b) Yuan's mother.
(c) Yuan's sister.
(d) Yuan's former classmate.

11. What is the occupation of Yuan's father?
(a) He is a writer.
(b) He is a teacher.
(c) He is a warlord.
(d) He is a shopkeeper.

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

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

14. What does Yuan do in response to his father arranging a marriage for him?
(a) He sits outside to think it over.
(b) He sits with his father and discusses a trip.
(c) He convinces his father that it's a bad idea.
(d) He flees on horseback.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yuan notice about his "lady mother" when they eat dinner?

2. When he's in the countryside, what does Yuan decide to do after he receives news about his father?

3. What does Yuan immediately become aware of when he enters the coastal city?

4. How long does Yuan plan to spend in America?

5. Instead of joining the protests and other revolutionist activities, what does Yuan do?

(see the answer keys)

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