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

3. Why does Chin's mother not allow her to go to the boys' school?
(a) She thinks likes to make Chin unhappy.
(b) She feels people will gossip.
(c) She does not think Chin will learn enough there.
(d) The school is too difficult for Chin to get into.

4. Why does Chueh-hsin love plum blossoms so much?
(a) Because his mother used to pick them for him.
(b) Because of their scent.
(c) Because they remind him of the spring.
(d) Because Mei's name means "plum blossom."

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

6. How does Chueh-hsin feel about having an arranged marriage?
(a) He is pleased and marries.
(b) He is angry and runs away.
(c) He is devastated and refuses.
(d) He is indifferent and follows orders.

7. What seems to symbolize aristocracy to Chueh-hui?
(a) The old traditions of his father.
(b) Working.
(c) The Kao compound.
(d) The sedan chairs.

8. How long has Ming-Feng been a servant?
(a) Twelve years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Twenty-four months.
(d) Seven years.

9. Who helps with making the fireworks?
(a) Ming-feng and the other servants.
(b) Master Kao.
(c) Yeh yeh.
(d) The sedan drivers.

10. What instrument is Chueh-hsin playing his sad song on?
(a) A guitar.
(b) A lute.
(c) A flute.
(d) A lyre.

11. What was it that kept Chueh-hsin and Mei from marrying?
(a) A lack of tradition in Mei's family.
(b) Money.
(c) A fight between their mothers.
(d) Status.

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

13. How are family members seated at the New Year's Eve feast?
(a) By family relation.
(b) By rank.
(c) By height.
(d) By gender.

14. What is Wan-erh afraid of?
(a) That she will end up like Ming-Feng.
(b) Becoming a begger on the streets.
(c) That Madame Chou does not like her.
(d) Becoming a concubine.

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