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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the maid friends with?
2. Why does Yuan stop riding his horse when he is in the countryside?
3. How does Yuan respond to his father's reaction to his appearance?
4. What does Yuan do as he watches his father warm his hands by the fire?
5. What causes Jim and Yuan's relationship to end?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the letter from Yuan's father in Chapter 1 say, and what is Yuan's reaction to it?
2. When Yuan travels to the earthen home that once belonged to his grandfather, why do the people look at him suspiciously?
3. In Chapter 1, why does Yuan feel trapped?
4. How do the villagers respond to Yuan leaving the countryside?
5. What reason does Yuan's teacher give for Yuan not being able to give the meaning of his own poem?
6. Why does Yuan finally decide to learn to dance at the pleasure houses?
7. What reason does Yuan give for not being able to join the revolutionaries?
8. Why do Sheng and Yuan separate once they arrive in America?
9. After he finds out his father is sick, why do the guards accompany Yuan back to his father's home?
10. Why does Yuan sometimes make his homeland seem more perfect than it is?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Yuan joins the cause believing that it will help give him freedom, especially from his father's control. How does Yuan discover that the cause actually means less freedom? What is Yuan's reaction? Cite at least three specific examples from the novel.
Essay Topic 2
How is freedom elusive to Yuan? How does Yuan constantly search for freedom but fail to find it? Cite at least examples from the novel to prove the argument.
Essay Topic 3
The number three is significant in several ways, one being that there are three stages in Yuan's life. Describe these three stages and how they compare and contrast. These stages of life are represented by the three different chapters. Explain how this is significant.
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