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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1—Pages 46-70.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yuan do in response to his father arranging a marriage for him?
(a) He convinces his father that it's a bad idea.
(b) He flees on horseback.
(c) He sits outside to think it over.
(d) He sits with his father and discusses a trip.

2. What does Ai-lan's mother want Yuan to do?
(a) Never bother her again.
(b) Find work as soon as possible.
(c) Go to school.
(d) Marry Ai-lan.

3. Who says, "I cannot kill--I am not brave, I know"?
(a) Yuan.
(b) Ai-lan's mother.
(c) Ai-lan.
(d) Yuan's father.

4. Why does Yuan's father claim to have spared the lives of 173 men?
(a) He did not have sufficient time to kill them.
(b) He lacked the manpower to kill all the men.
(c) For Yuan's sake.
(d) Yuan's mother asked him to.

5. How old is Meng?
(a) Twenty-one.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Sixteen.
(d) Thirteen.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Ai-lan?

2. What emotions are on the faces of the villagers as Yuan is leaving?

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

4. Which of the following is a common theme throughout the first part of the book?

5. Why does Yuan claim he cannot join the revolutionaries?

(see the answer key)

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