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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mei-ling do when Yuan writes to her that he still loves her and will wait for her?
(a) She writes that she is still considering it.
(b) She finally agrees to marry him.
(c) She tells him she will never marry him.
(d) She does not respond.

2. What does Yuan learn from the woman on the ship?
(a) That Christianity has become prevalent in China.
(b) That women no longer bind their feet.
(c) That women are more disrespectful toward men.
(d) That women dress differently now.

3. What does the teacher's daughter do when they attend church?
(a) She coldly stares straight ahead.
(b) She prays enthusiastically.
(c) She spends more time socializing than worshipping.
(d) She is more interested in showing off her clothes than worshipping.

4. What does Yuan do on his first night in the capital?
(a) He goes dancing with Meng.
(b) He writes a letter to Mei-ling.
(c) He writes a letter to his lady mother.
(d) He and Meng get in a fight with two other men.

5. Yuan befriends a teacher in America who has a daughter. What is the daughter's name?
(a) Tanya.
(b) Susan.
(c) Ai-lan.
(d) Mary.

6. Who has killed the wife of Wang the Merchant?
(a) Meng.
(b) Wang the Tiger.
(c) A local bandit.
(d) Yuan.

7. In what two ways does Yuan's teacher believe Yuan and Mary are alike?
(a) Youth and rebellion.
(b) Rebellion and caution.
(c) Youth and tradition.
(d) Youth and education.

8. Who is Yuan nervous about meeting when he arrives at the capital city?
(a) His former tutor.
(b) The priest from America.
(c) The maid.
(d) Wang the Tiger.

9. Why is Yuan proud of Ai-lan?
(a) Her education.
(b) Her betrothed.
(c) She is pregnant.
(d) Her beauty.

10. Who meets Yuan when he debarks from the train?
(a) An officer.
(b) Sheng.
(c) Meng.
(d) Wang the Merchant.

11. When Yuan proposes to a female character, how does she respond?
(a) She accepts the proposal because she loves him.
(b) She rejects the proposal because she never wants to get married.
(c) She accepts the proposal because she wants protection.
(d) She rejects the proposal because she sees him as a brother.

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

13. What does Yuan reject about Mary?
(a) Her lack of faith.
(b) Her lack of education.
(c) Her race.
(d) Her naivety about China.

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

15. What does Yuan discover about his uncle when he visits him after his return to China?
(a) He has become wealthier.
(b) He has become very poor.
(c) He has lost weight.
(d) He has spent more time with Yuan's father.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yuan try to convince Mary about those from his homeland?

2. Who says, "they feel because you are what you are, how glorious to win you to their cause "?

3. Who does Yuan ask to reveal the truth about the bad news in his hometown?

4. Why does Yuan get angry at the women Sheng keeps company with?

5. What does Yuan take his students outdoors to do?

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