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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At what point does Yuan begin looking at women differently?
(a) When he talks to Ai-lan's mother about his father.
(b) When he touches hands with the maid.
(c) When he dances with a woman for the first time.
(d) When he meets the maid.

3. When Yuan is alone with the old tenants, why are they suspicious of his motives?
(a) He has a reputation of being a thief.
(b) He has stolen from them before.
(c) He asked to borrow money from them.
(d) They think he is a spy.

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

5. According to Yuan's teacher, why can't Yuan explain the meaning of his poem?
(a) Yuan completely lacks writing talent.
(b) Yuan doesn't have enough life experiences.
(c) Yuan is too ashamed.
(d) Yuan is not clear on the meaning himself.

6. How does Yuan feel when he wears his new clothes and looks in the mirror?
(a) He is proud.
(b) He is ashamed.
(c) He is self-conscious.
(d) He is jealous of Ai-lan.

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

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

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

10. What emotions are on the faces of the villagers as Yuan is leaving?
(a) Pride and admiration.
(b) Relief and joy.
(c) Sorrow and regret.
(d) Fear and anxiety.

11. 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 will return to his "lady mother's" house.
(c) That he never wants to return to his homeland.
(d) That he never wants to see him again.

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

13. What is the occupation of the person Yuan befriends, but keeps a secret?
(a) Writer.
(b) Shopkeeper.
(c) Revolutionary.
(d) Farmer.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Ai-lan?

3. Why does Yuan dislike being around the poor people?

4. When the soldiers arrive at Yuan's school, what are they searching for?

5. What does Yuan's "mother" want to ask Yuan's father?

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