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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When he's in the countryside, what does Yuan decide to do after he receives news about his father?
(a) He stays in the countryside.
(b) He returns home.
(c) He returns to school.
(d) He continues on his journey.

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

3. What reason does Yuan give to Meng for not joining the cause?
(a) He wants to focus on writing.
(b) His father would not approve.
(c) His life is too busy.
(d) He has no interest in the cause.

4. What does Yuan discover in his father's room?
(a) The room is completely empty of all furniture.
(b) That his father is not there.
(c) His mother is waiting for him there.
(d) His father has left him a large sum of money.

5. What does Yuan notice about the letter his father sends him?
(a) It is written in his father's own hand.
(b) It was written in a hurry with little care put into it.
(c) The date it was written on has long passed.
(d) It doesn't seem like something his father would write.

6. Why does Yuan find himself hating tradition?
(a) It stifles creativity.
(b) It is a tool used by his father to manipulate him.
(c) It takes away his freedom.
(d) It prevents him in finding true love.

7. What does Yuan use the plot of land for?
(a) He meets there with other revolutionists.
(b) He goes there to write.
(c) A science experiment.
(d) A school project.

8. How long does Yuan plan to spend in America?
(a) One year.
(b) Six years.
(c) Two years.
(d) Ten years.

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

10. Why does Ai-lan's mother want Yuan to watch over Ai-lan?
(a) Ai-lan is sick.
(b) Ai-lan is a poor student.
(c) She doesn't approve of the company Ai-lan keeps.
(d) Ai-lan has angered a neighbor who wants to hurt her.

11. Instead of joining the protests and other revolutionist activities, what does Yuan do?
(a) Studies.
(b) Spends time at the home his "lady mother" runs.
(c) Goes dancing with Ai-lan.
(d) Visits his plot of land.

12. Why is Yuan envious of Sheng?
(a) Yuan's family praises Sheng more often.
(b) Sheng has better robes than Yuan.
(c) Sheng is often praised for his writing skills.
(d) Sheng is a better dancer.

13. When Yuan writes to his father from America, what does he tell him?
(a) That he will return to his father's house.
(b) That he never wants to return to his homeland.
(c) That he never wants to see him again.
(d) That he will return to his "lady mother's" house.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "almost I understand how sons kill their fathers in these days"?

2. Why does Yuan have trouble finding somebody to rent him a room?

3. Why does Yuan stop riding his horse when he is in the countryside?

4. What does Yuan think of the poor people in the city?

5. Who is described as having "the strangest shyness toward all females"?

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