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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. Who says, "almost I understand how sons kill their fathers in these days"?
(a) Ai-lan's mother.
(b) Yuan.
(c) Yuan's sister.
(d) Yuan's father.

2. Why does Yuan decide to stay at the old tenant's home?
(a) They have plenty of food to spare.
(b) It is almost empty.
(c) His father is banned from the area.
(d) He wants to work for them.

3. What reason does Yuan give to Meng for not joining the cause?
(a) His life is too busy.
(b) He wants to focus on writing.
(c) His father would not approve.
(d) He has no interest in the cause.

4. What does Yuan do in response to his father arranging a marriage for him?
(a) He convinces his father that it's a bad idea.
(b) He sits outside to think it over.
(c) He flees on horseback.
(d) He sits with his father and discusses a trip.

5. What emotions are on the faces of the villagers as Yuan is leaving?
(a) Relief and joy.
(b) Sorrow and regret.
(c) Fear and anxiety.
(d) Pride and admiration.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Yuan dislike the 17-year-old daughter of the landlady?

2. Why does Yuan enjoy traveling alone?

3. Why does Yuan's father claim to have spared the lives of 173 men?

4. Why does Yuan decide to attend church?

5. When Yuan is alone with the old tenants, why are they suspicious of his motives?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Yuan travels to the earthen home that once belonged to his grandfather, why do the people look at him suspiciously?

2. After he finds out his father is sick, why do the guards accompany Yuan back to his father's home?

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

4. What reason does Yuan's teacher give for Yuan not being able to give the meaning of his own poem?

5. Why does Yuan finally decide to learn to dance at the pleasure houses?

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

7. When Yuan watches Wang the Tiger warm his hands by the fire and sees how frail he looks, how does he feel about him?

8. How do the villagers respond to Yuan leaving the countryside?

9. In Chapter 1, why does Yuan feel trapped?

10. What finally pushes Yuan to join the cause?

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