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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1—Pages 27-46.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Yuan decide to stay at the old tenant's home?
(a) It is almost empty.
(b) His father is banned from the area.
(c) They have plenty of food to spare.
(d) He wants to work for them.

2. Who is Ai-lan?
(a) Yuan's grandmother.
(b) Yuan's sister.
(c) Yuan's former classmate.
(d) Yuan's mother.

3. How does Yuan feel about arranged marriage?
(a) He despises it and vows to never talk to his father again.
(b) He understands it, but is still angry at his father.
(c) He is proud of his father's choice.
(d) He accepts it and becomes excited.

4. Why does Yuan stop riding his horse when he is in the countryside?
(a) He sustains an injury and has trouble riding.
(b) People believe he is mistreating it.
(c) It makes people think he is a soldier.
(d) He doesn't know how to take care of a horse.

5. Who built the earthen house that Yuan stays?
(a) A mysterious man that many fear.
(b) Yuan's father.
(c) A prominent social figure in the town.
(d) Yuan's grandfather.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ai-lan say she will teach Yuan to do?

2. When he's in the countryside, what does Yuan decide to do after he receives news about his father?

3. What does Yuan do as he watches his father warm his hands by the fire?

4. What do Yuan's reasons for staying at the home of the old tenants demonstrate?

5. What do the two women come to tell Yuan about his father?

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