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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does Yuan feel about the maid?
(a) He wants her to meet his father.
(b) He does not love her.
(c) He wants to spend more time with her.
(d) He wants to marry her.

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

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

5. What is Yuan's inner struggle?
(a) Being away from his father.
(b) Going against tradition.
(c) Finding somebody he loves.
(d) Trying to gain the acceptance of his father.

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

7. What is Yuan's father wearing when he returns from his absence in Chapter 1?
(a) Muddy boots.
(b) A curtain-like robe.
(c) Stolen shoes.
(d) A revolutionary's uniform.

8. Who does not talk when Yuan meets the rest of the family?
(a) Meng.
(b) Ai-lan's mother.
(c) Ai-lan.
(d) Sheng.

9. 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.

10. What has Wang the Tiger chosen for Yuan?
(a) A new school.
(b) A new home.
(c) A wife.
(d) A new horse.

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

12. What does Yuan immediately become aware of when he enters the coastal city?
(a) That people are very suspicious of his prescence.
(b) The women are treated different.
(c) The differences between rich and poor.
(d) The streets are filthy.

13. What makes Yuan feel trapped?
(a) His lack of money.
(b) His lack of education.
(c) His mother's lack of confidence in him.
(d) His father's controlling love.

14. What is Yuan still searching for?
(a) A new home.
(b) His father's acceptance.
(c) Freedom.
(d) True love.

15. Which character looks at the rich and fat with disdain?
(a) Meng.
(b) Yuan.
(c) Ai-lan.
(d) Sheng.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Yuan's teacher, why can't Yuan explain the meaning of his poem?

2. What does the letter Yuan receives from his father say?

3. What is the one thing Yuan will miss when he is abroad?

4. At the family meeting to discuss the marriage, why do the elders say only very little?

5. Why does Yuan decide to attend church?

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