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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 do on his first night in the capital?
(a) He and Meng get in a fight with two other men.
(b) He writes a letter to Mei-ling.
(c) He goes dancing with Meng.
(d) He writes a letter to his lady mother.

2. Who says, "idealism and enthusiasm are not the same thing"?
(a) Yuan.
(b) Yuan's teacher.
(c) The teacher's daughter.
(d) Sheng.

3. Why is Yuan proud of Ai-lan?
(a) Her education.
(b) Her beauty.
(c) Her betrothed.
(d) She is pregnant.

4. Which character has become a captain in the new army?
(a) Yuan's father.
(b) Sheng.
(c) Meng.
(d) Yuan's uncle.

5. Who has killed the wife of Wang the Merchant?
(a) Meng.
(b) A local bandit.
(c) Yuan.
(d) Wang the Tiger.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mei-ling do when Yuan writes to her that he still loves her and will wait for her?

3. How often does Yuan's father write to him when he's in America?

4. What emotion does Yuan feel after he and Mary kiss?

5. Who is Mei-ling?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Wu do when a beggar reaches for a handout from him?

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

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

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

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

8. In what ways does Yuan struggle with his pride?

9. What is Yuan's reaction to the kiss he shares with Mary?

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

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