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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. How old is Yuan when he arrives in America?
2. How does Yuan feel after thinking about the maid when he should be sleeping?
3. Who does not talk when Yuan meets the rest of the family?
4. What does Ai-lan point out about Yuan?
5. Who is the maid friends with?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Yuan do while he is in the countryside?
2. When the group of farmers crowd Yuan's room, what does the eldest say to him?
3. What is Yuan's reaction to his reflection in the mirror when he first tries on city clothes?
4. Why is Yuan so proud to call Ai-lan's mother his own mother?
5. What finally pushes Yuan to join the cause?
6. When Yuan befriends the farmer who teaches him to use the hoe, why does he keep the relationship a secret?
7. After he finds out his father is sick, why do the guards accompany Yuan back to his father's home?
8. When Yuan travels to the earthen home that once belonged to his grandfather, why do the people look at him suspiciously?
9. How is danger for the revolutionaries foreshadowed when Yuan, Ai-lan, and the lady mother are on the way to meet Yuan's uncle?
10. What does Yuan think of the women at the pleasure houses?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Yuan has a habit of judging people, places, and events by their outside experience.Citing specific examples from the novel, explain how this is true. Why is Yuan judgmental?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Yuan feels shame many times in the novel. Citing three examples from the text to support your argument, what are some of the times that Yuan feels shame? Why does he feel this shame? How does Yuan's shame develop or dwindle throughout the novel?
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