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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. Why do parents abandon the children that Yuan's "lady mother" runs a home for?
(a) They are girls.
(b) They are not healthy.
(c) The families were too poor to take care of them.
(d) They were not able to arrange marriages for them.

2. Who is Wang the Landlord?
(a) Yuan's grandfather.
(b) One of the tenants Yuan stayed with in the countryside.
(c) Yuan's classmate.
(d) Yuan's uncle.

3. 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 invites others into their home.
(c) He demands they give him money.
(d) He eats from their sparse food supply.

4. When Yuan is alone with the old tenants, why are they suspicious of his motives?
(a) He asked to borrow money from them.
(b) He has stolen from them before.
(c) They think he is a spy.
(d) He has a reputation of being a thief.

5. What does Yuan do as he watches his father warm his hands by the fire?
(a) He turns away because he can't bear to look at him.
(b) He grasps his father's hands tightly.
(c) He hands his father a note he has written.
(d) He almost reaches out to touch them but decides against it.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the maid do in response to Yuan's traditional behavior, such as bowing?

2. How does Yuan travel to the coastal city?

3. What does Yuan use the plot of land for?

4. What is Yuan's inner struggle?

5. Who does not talk when Yuan meets the rest of the family?

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