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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the maid do in response to Yuan's traditional behavior, such as bowing?
(a) She reprimands him for it.
(b) She ignores it.
(c) She thanks him for his courtesies.
(d) She tells him that he should reserve these courtesies for others.

2. Why do other students claim that Yuan is such a good student?
(a) His race gives him advantages.
(b) He has a good tutor.
(c) He has no life besides school work.
(d) He is naturally gifted.

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

4. How old is Yuan when he arrives in America?
(a) 21.
(b) 17.
(c) 19.
(d) 20.

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

6. Why doesn't Yuan want to wear his hat when he gets it back from the white man?
(a) He realizes that it isn't his hat.
(b) The man dropped it on the ground before giving it back.
(c) The weather is too warm to wear a hat.
(d) It still has the other man's smell on it.

7. What does the maid write in her letter to Yuan?
(a) That she desperately wants to marry him.
(b) That she will meet him at the pleasure house.
(c) That he must join the revolutionaries.
(d) That she loves him but doesn't need marriage.

8. What makes Yuan feel trapped?
(a) His lack of money.
(b) His mother's lack of confidence in him.
(c) His lack of education.
(d) His father's controlling love.

9. Why does Yuan dislike being around the poor people?
(a) They smell bad.
(b) They cannot read.
(c) They grab him.
(d) They ask him for money.

10. How do the soldiers know to look for Yuan?
(a) The maid gave them his description and name.
(b) Yuan's teacher turned him in.
(c) Ai-lan accidentally told a soldier.
(d) They overheard Yuan talking about the cause with Meng.

11. Who is the maid friends with?
(a) Sheng.
(b) Yuan's uncle.
(c) Meng.
(d) Ai-lan.

12. At the family meeting to discuss the marriage, why do the elders say only very little?
(a) They don't care about the problem.
(b) They don't want to offend anybody.
(c) They are not able to come up with any solution.
(d) They are not allowed to speak at the meeting.

13. What do Yuan's reasons for staying at the home of the old tenants demonstrate?
(a) That he always follows his mother's advice.
(b) That he has a lot to gain from the wisdom of the old tenants.
(c) That he is like his father in reasoning.
(d) That he is willing to work hard to make a living.

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

15. What does Yuan burn before the soldiers come to raid the houses?
(a) A book about the revolutionary cause.
(b) A letter from the maid.
(c) A letter from his father.
(d) A childhood momento.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Yuan attends the secret meeting, how is he regarded by the rest of the members?

2. How old is Meng?

3. How does Yuan travel to the coastal city?

4. What does Yuan notice about the letter his father sends him?

5. How does Yuan feel when he wears his new clothes and looks in the mirror?

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