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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. When Yuan writes to his father from America, what does he tell him?
(a) That he will return to his father's house.
(b) That he never wants to see him again.
(c) That he will return to his "lady mother's" house.
(d) That he never wants to return to his homeland.

3. Why does Yuan dislike the 17-year-old daughter of the landlady?
(a) She has not been properly educated.
(b) She is very loud.
(c) She is lazy and messy.
(d) She dresses to gain the attention of men.

4. How does Yuan travel to the coastal city?
(a) By horse.
(b) On foot.
(c) He finds a group to travel with.
(d) By train.

5. When Yuan attends the secret meeting, how is he regarded by the rest of the members?
(a) They are immediately happy to have him.
(b) They are immediately suspicious of him.
(c) They are too busy to notice him.
(d) They purposely ignore him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are guards accompanying Yuan on his way back home?

2. What does Yuan's "mother" think he should do about his father?

3. What word is considered a dangerous one in the city?

4. Why does Yuan enjoy traveling alone?

5. Why doesn't Yuan want to rent a room from the woman who runs the only home willing to rent him a room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Yuan seem to despise the American people?

2. Why do Sheng and Yuan separate once they arrive in America?

3. What finally pushes Yuan to join the cause?

4. Why does Yuan have reservations about joining the revolutionary cause?

5. Why does Yuan sometimes make his homeland seem more perfect than it is?

6. How does Yuan feel when he is told that his father has arranged a marriage for him?

7. What is Yuan's reaction to his reflection in the mirror when he first tries on city clothes?

8. How does the maid turn into yet another trap for Yuan's freedom?

9. What reason does Yuan give for not being able to join the revolutionaries?

10. How does Yuan try to run away from himself?

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