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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 2—Pages 137-161.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is described as having "the strangest shyness toward all females"?
(a) Ai-lan.
(b) Yuan.
(c) Sheng.
(d) Wang the Tiger.

2. How does Yuan respond to his father's reaction to his appearance?
(a) He is angry and reacts aggressively.
(b) He's happy to see his dad despite his unexpected absence.
(c) He reacts calmly and wants to talk to his father.
(d) He is scared and doesn't understand his father's reaction.

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

4. What is Yuan still searching for?
(a) His father's acceptance.
(b) True love.
(c) A new home.
(d) Freedom.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Yuan burn before the soldiers come to raid the houses?

2. Why does Yuan find himself hating tradition?

3. What is the occupation of Yuan's father?

4. Who built the earthen house that Yuan stays?

5. What does Yuan's "mother" want to ask Yuan's father?

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