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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Mei?
(a) Chueh-min's girlfriend.
(b) Chueh-hsin's cousin.
(c) The boy's aunt.
(d) The woman Chueh-hsin is arranged to marry.

2. What is the weather like in the opening setting of the story?
(a) It is snowing.
(b) It is sunny.
(c) It is raining.
(d) It is springtime.

3. Where are the brothers walking home from at the opening of the book?
(a) From the market place.
(b) From a friend's house.
(c) From school.
(d) From the temple.

4. How old is Chueh-hsin when he finds out his father has arranged his marriage?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Eighteen.
(d) Seventeen.

5. What is one way the students launch their campaign?
(a) Printing and distributing leaflets.
(b) Bombing public sites.
(c) Striking.
(d) Participating in sit-ins.

6. What word best describes Chin's relationship with her mother?
(a) Difficult.
(b) Distant.
(c) Amiable.
(d) Angry.

7. What is Cousin Mei's disposition when the two younger brother see her at Chin's house?
(a) She is melancholy.
(b) She is happy.
(c) She is ill.
(d) She is calm.

8. Why has Mei returned to Chengtu?
(a) Her husband has died.
(b) Her mother is ill.
(c) She missed home.
(d) Her husband got a new job.

9. Why do the younger brothers like "New Tide" so much?
(a) It shows pictures of pretty women.
(b) It talks about revolutionary topics.
(c) They like the poetry section.
(d) It has nice photographs.

10. What decision does Chueh-hui make, despite the fact it may anger his grandfather?
(a) He decides to no longer stay at home.
(b) He decides to advocate revolutionary thinking.
(c) He decides to write his own liberal magazine.
(d) He decides to leave the city and set out on his own.

11. How old is Chueh-min?
(a) Seventeen years old.
(b) Eighteen years old.
(c) Sixteen years old.
(d) Nineteen years old.

12. How does Cheuh-hui feel about the boys shooting fireworks at the dancers?
(a) He thinks it is disgusting.
(b) He thinks that it is nice of them.
(c) He thinks it is funny.
(d) He really does not care.

13. What does Chueh-min run inside to do before heading off to dinner?
(a) Talk to his mother.
(b) Start his homework.
(c) Sneak a bit of dessert.
(d) Change his clothes.

14. How does Chueh-hui see his servants?
(a) A nice people who have nothing to worry about.
(b) As people with problems of their own.
(c) A pieces of property.
(d) A lesser human beings.

15. Who do the cousins agree not to tell of Mei's return to town?
(a) Master Kao.
(b) Ke-ting.
(c) Jui-cheuh.
(d) Cheuh-hsin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the boys hurrying home to dinner at the beginning of the book?

2. What part of Ming-Feng does Chueh-hui compare with Chin?

3. Why does Ming-Feng get in trouble with the women?

4. What seems to symbolize aristocracy to Chueh-hui?

5. What is Ming-Feng gathering for Madame Chou and Mrs. Chang?

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