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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1—Pages 101-136.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes Yuan to start paying more attention to Ai-lan's female friends then he previously did?
(a) His father's letter about the arranged marriage.
(b) The maid's jealousy of them.
(c) Ai-lan convinced him to pay more attention to them.
(d) His "lady mother" convinced him he should.

2. What does Yuan use the plot of land for?
(a) He goes there to write.
(b) A science experiment.
(c) He meets there with other revolutionists.
(d) A school project.

3. How does Yuan feel after thinking about the maid when he should be sleeping?
(a) Ashamed.
(b) Happy.
(c) Anxious.
(d) Overwhelmed.

4. Why does Yuan claim he cannot join the revolutionaries?
(a) His father would disapprove.
(b) He doesn't believe a revolution is necessary.
(c) He could never kill a man.
(d) He doesn't have the right uniform.

5. How does Yuan show a lack of courtesy towards the old tenants, besides inviting himself into their home?
(a) He takes their one and only horse.
(b) He eats from their sparse food supply.
(c) He invites others into their home.
(d) He demands they give him money.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the family meeting to discuss the marriage, why do the elders say only very little?

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

3. What is the occupation of the person Yuan befriends, but keeps a secret?

4. Why does Yuan's father claim to have spared the lives of 173 men?

5. When Yuan is alone with the old tenants, why are they suspicious of his motives?

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