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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. What makes Yuan's teacher say that he is just like Mary?

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

3. Who does Yuan get into a dispute with on the train?

4. Who is described as being idealistic?

5. What does Yuan find physically unattractive about Mary?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Yuan learn about his father's financial situation when he visits?

8. What reason does Mei-ling give for turning down Yuan's marriage proposal?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What social changes occur in Yuan's homeland? What is Yuan's reaction to the social changes that have occurred? Cite at least three sources that show Yuan's reluctance to social change. Analyze how this affects his development as a character.

Essay Topic 2

What are the benefits to the third-person omniscient point of view? What are the disadvantages to this point of view? What if another point of view were used to tell the story? How would the story change? How would it stay the same? What would be the best point of view to use if not third-person omniscient?

Essay Topic 3

Yuan has difficulty rejecting the traditions of the past and accepting the revolutionary ideas. What traditional ideas does Yuan have trouble rejecting and accepting? What revolutionary ideas does Yuan have trouble rejecting and accepting? What conclusions does Yuan come to in the end? Cite at least three examples from the novel.

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