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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yuan take his students outdoors to do?
(a) Beg for money.
(b) Farm.
(c) Visit the poor.
(d) Study the capital's social changes.

2. Which character has become a captain in the new army?
(a) Meng.
(b) Yuan's father.
(c) Yuan's uncle.
(d) Sheng.

3. How does Yuan feel about Mary's letter?
(a) Joyful.
(b) Disappointed.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Ashamed.

4. Why doesn't Ai-lan's mother trust Wu?
(a) He doesn't have a steady job.
(b) He lacks proper education.
(c) He is already married.
(d) He is poor.

5. How does Yuan's lady mother react to his proposal?
(a) She is surprised.
(b) She is angry.
(c) She expected this to happen.
(d) She thinks it's a great idea.

6. Which character says, "who is not selfish? We are all selfish"?
(a) Yuan.
(b) Meng.
(c) Sheng.
(d) Jim.

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

8. What field is Mei-ling studying?
(a) Writing.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Business.
(d) Military.

9. Who says, "they feel because you are what you are, how glorious to win you to their cause "?
(a) Yuan's teacher.
(b) Mary.
(c) Sheng.
(d) Yuan.

10. What does Yuan notice about the way he is treated after he returns from America?
(a) He is still treated like a child.
(b) He is eyed very suspiciously.
(c) Most people don't remember him.
(d) He is treated as an adult.

11. What does Mary fear?
(a) That Yuan will not become Christian.
(b) That Yuan will return to his country as a Christian leader.
(c) That her father will drive Yuan away.
(d) That Yuan will lose interest in her.

12. What drink does Yuan stomach out of politeness?
(a) Juice.
(b) Hot tea.
(c) Hot milk.
(d) Iced tea.

13. What is Mei-ling's goal?
(a) To become a doctor.
(b) To travel to America.
(c) To become a nurse.
(d) To get married and bear children.

14. What does Yuan say about the two Chinese brothers?
(a) They are not educated.
(b) They are not as funny as they think they are.
(c) They are from the south and not really Chinese.
(d) They are not really brothers.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Yuan befriends a teacher in America who has a daughter. What is the daughter's name?

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

4. How old is Mei-ling when Yuan returns to China from America?

5. What makes Yuan's teacher say that he is just like Mary?

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