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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 is Yuan's room at the inn like?
(a) It lacks any furniture.
(b) It is shared with other men.
(c) It's extremely filthy.
(d) It is more beautiful than any other room he has seen.

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

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

4. What do Yuan and Mei-ling agree to do before Yuan leaves for the capital city?
(a) Both move to the capital city.
(b) Pay off Wang the Tiger.
(c) Write to each other.
(d) Get married.

5. Which woman invites Yuan over for a "special purpose"?
(a) Ai-lan.
(b) Mary.
(c) The landlady.
(d) The landlady's daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says, "idealism and enthusiasm are not the same thing"?

2. During what season does the relationship between Mary and Yuan blossom?

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

4. What does Yuan base most of his opinions of people on?

5. When Yuan proposes to a female character, how does she respond?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Yuan accept Meng's proposal to come work in the new capital city?

3. When Yuan finds a letter from Mary in his room, what does it say?

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

5. Yuan claims that the American people hide their poor because they are ashamed. Why might Yuan be considered hypocritical when he uses this argument?

6. Does Yuan keep his hopes up about Mei-ling changing her mind about his proposal? Why or why not?

7. How does Yuan feel about America when he leaves it?

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

9. When Yuan is on the train to visit his father, what kind of people does he notice sitting around him?

10. Why is Yuan embarrassed by the Chinese brothers who put on a comedy act at the school?

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