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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. How long does Sheng live in America without leaving the city he lives in?
(a) Seven years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Six years.
(d) One year.

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

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

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

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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Yuan want to marry?

2. Who is Mei-ling?

3. Who is Yuan nervous about meeting when he arrives at the capital city?

4. Why does Yuan feel as if he should no longer live with his lady mother?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Yuan thankful to Mary for as he leaves America?

2. How does Yuan incorporate his love of the land with teaching? What are his student's reactions?

3. What is Yuan shocked by as he debarks from the train and rides with Meng through the city?

4. What is the bad news that Mary's family delivers to Yuan?

5. What evidence of social change does Yuan experience on the boat on the way back to China?

6. Why does Yuan grow to like Mei-ling?

7. How is Yuan prejudiced even within his own country?

8. Does Yuan want to have a romantic relationship with Mary?

9. According to Mary's description, is Yuan enthusiastic or idealistic?

10. Although Yuan has prejudices about the white people, why does he like his teacher's family?

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