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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Mary embarrassed of her parents?
(a) They are trying to convert Yuan to their faith.
(b) They think Yuan causes trouble.
(c) They don't think Yuan is intelligent.
(d) They told Yuan a secret about Mary.

2. How does Yuan's class first respond to being taken outdoors?
(a) They boycott the class.
(b) They complain to Yuan's superiors.
(c) They are ecstatic.
(d) They complain.

3. What does Yuan base most of his opinions of people on?
(a) The way they treat their elders.
(b) Outward appearance.
(c) Political opinions.
(d) Their hygiene.

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

5. What excuse does Yuan use to stop kissing Mary?
(a) He has an assignment to work on.
(b) He is too cold.
(c) He needs to tell her father something.
(d) He is hungry.

6. 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.

7. Who is described as being idealistic?
(a) Sheng.
(b) The teacher.
(c) The teacher's daughter.
(d) Yuan.

8. Who suggests that Yuan take his class outdoors?
(a) Sheng.
(b) Meng.
(c) Mei-ling.
(d) Ai-lan.

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

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

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

12. Why is Yuan thankful to Mary?
(a) She doesn't want to marry him.
(b) She stopped him from becoming Christian.
(c) She always believes him.
(d) She taught him how to kiss.

13. During what season does the relationship between Mary and Yuan blossom?
(a) Winter.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Fall.

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

15. What does Wu do when a beggar reaches out to him?
(a) Gives him a large sum of money.
(b) Slaps him across the face.
(c) Spits on him.
(d) Smashes his hand with a shoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mary fear?

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

3. What does Yuan notice about the way he is treated after he returns from America?

4. Who does Yuan want to say good-bye to more than anybody else when he leaves to go to the Capital city?

5. Why is Yuan so interested in his teacher's daughter?

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