3. What makes Yuan's teacher say that he is just like Mary?
(a) His love of China.
(b) His rejection of Christianity.
(c) His writing talent.
(d) His longing for a father figure.

4. What allows Yuan to look past the fact that his teacher's family is American?
(a) They have a lot of wealth.
(b) They have ancestors from his homeland.
(c) His teacher reminds him of his father.
(d) They are kind to him.

5. What is Yuan's room at the inn like?
(a) It lacks any furniture.
(b) It's extremely filthy.
(c) It is shared with other men.
(d) It is more beautiful than any other room he has seen.

6. Who invites Yuan to come work in the new capital city?
(a) Meng.
(b) Wang the Tiger.
(c) Wang the Merchant.
(d) Sheng.

7. What is the bad news that Yuan receives about his hometown?
(a) Revolutionaries have attacked white men.
(b) Revolutionaries have given up on their cause.
(c) Ai-lan has died.
(d) His father has died.

8. What does Yuan find physically unattractive about Mary?
(a) Her nose.
(b) Her eyes.
(c) Her skin.
(d) Her hair.

9. Who does Yuan get into a dispute with on the train?
(a) The priest from America.
(b) A white woman.
(c) The man serving food.
(d) Mei-ling.

10. Who does Yuan want to marry?
(a) Ai-lan.
(b) Mei-ling.
(c) Mary.
(d) The maid.

11. Why does Yuan feel as if he should no longer live with his lady mother?
(a) His father might find him.
(b) Mei-ling turned down his proposal.
(c) Ai-lan is moving back in.
(d) His lady mother wants him to find a job.

12. Who does Yuan often exchange letters with when he's in America?
(a) Ai-lan.
(b) Sheng.
(c) Ai-lan's mother.
(d) Meng.

13. What does Yuan's uncle say about Sheng?
(a) He has gotten in trouble with the law.
(b) He has fallen in love with an American woman.
(c) His education is not complete.
(d) He is spending too much money.

14. Who says, "idealism and enthusiasm are not the same thing"?
(a) Yuan's teacher.
(b) Yuan.
(c) The teacher's daughter.
(d) Sheng.

15. Who does Yuan describe as having the loudest laughter of everybody?
(a) Mary.
(b) The landlady's daughter.
(c) The landlady.
(d) Ai-lan.