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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Sheng want go abroad and never return?
(a) He doesn't want to fight for the common man.
(b) The rich people of the region disgust him.
(c) He doesn't believe a revolution is necessary.
(d) He believes the poor people in foreign countries need more help.

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

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

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

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

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

7. Why does Yuan dislike being around the poor people?
(a) They smell bad.
(b) They cannot read.
(c) They grab him.
(d) They ask him for money.

8. What is Yuan afraid of while he is living with Ai-lan and her mother?
(a) That his father will die without forgiving him.
(b) That his father will try to kill him.
(c) That his father will send soldiers to bring him back home.
(d) That Ai-lan is going to deceive him.

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

10. How do the soldiers know to look for Yuan?
(a) Ai-lan accidentally told a soldier.
(b) Yuan's teacher turned him in.
(c) The maid gave them his description and name.
(d) They overheard Yuan talking about the cause with Meng.

11. What does Ai-lan say she will teach Yuan to do?
(a) Read.
(b) Sing.
(c) Dance.
(d) Be independent.

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

13. Why does Ai-lan dance with people she doesn't want to dance with?
(a) She doesn't want to be rude.
(b) It is forbidden for women to turn down a dance.
(c) She enjoys the company of strangers.
(d) She is desperate for a husband.

14. 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 are not healthy.
(c) They are girls.
(d) They were not able to arrange marriages for them.

15. What does Yuan's "mother" think he should do about his father?
(a) Contact him to tell him where he is.
(b) Send a guard to his home to kill him.
(c) Go home to make sure he is still alive.
(d) Forget that he exists and stay in the city.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the two women come to tell Yuan about his father?

2. How does Yuan feel when he wears his new clothes and looks in the mirror?

3. What is the occupation of the person Yuan befriends, but keeps a secret?

4. How does Yuan feel about the maid?

5. Despite outward appearances, how does Yuan feel about his father?

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