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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Meng's occupation?
(a) Warlord.
(b) Revolutionary
(c) Poet.
(d) Shopkeeper.

3. What is Sheng's occupation?
(a) Shopkeeper.
(b) Poet.
(c) Revolutionary.
(d) Fisherman.

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

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

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

7. Who is Wang the Landlord?
(a) One of the tenants Yuan stayed with in the countryside.
(b) Yuan's grandfather.
(c) Yuan's classmate.
(d) Yuan's uncle.

8. What does Yuan notice about his "lady mother" when they eat dinner?
(a) She is timid and seems to fear speaking up.
(b) She has very few table manners.
(c) She can keep Ai-lan quiet without saying a word.
(d) She likes to talk about the work the revolutionaries are doing.

9. What do Yuan's reasons for staying at the home of the old tenants demonstrate?
(a) That he has a lot to gain from the wisdom of the old tenants.
(b) That he always follows his mother's advice.
(c) That he is willing to work hard to make a living.
(d) That he is like his father in reasoning.

10. How does Yuan feel about arranged marriage?
(a) He accepts it and becomes excited.
(b) He despises it and vows to never talk to his father again.
(c) He is proud of his father's choice.
(d) He understands it, but is still angry at his father.

11. 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) His father would disapprove.
(d) He doesn't believe a revolution is necessary.

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

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

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

15. How old is Meng?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Twenty-one.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who's friend is Wu Li-yang?

3. How long does Yuan live in the earthen house before his father's people find him?

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

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

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