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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Yuan's lady mother react to his proposal?
(a) She is angry.
(b) She expected this to happen.
(c) She thinks it's a great idea.
(d) She is surprised.

2. What does Yuan learn from the woman on the ship?
(a) That Christianity has become prevalent in China.
(b) That women are more disrespectful toward men.
(c) That women no longer bind their feet.
(d) That women dress differently now.

3. What does Mei-ling do when Yuan writes to her that he still loves her and will wait for her?
(a) She writes that she is still considering it.
(b) She finally agrees to marry him.
(c) She does not respond.
(d) She tells him she will never marry him.

4. What does Yuan base most of his opinions of people on?
(a) Their hygiene.
(b) Political opinions.
(c) Outward appearance.
(d) The way they treat their elders.

5. What does the teacher's daughter feel her father possesses?
(a) Hatred.
(b) Idealism.
(c) Faith.
(d) Kinship.

6. How often does Yuan's father write to him when he's in America?
(a) Once every three months.
(b) Once each year.
(c) Once every six months.
(d) Once a month.

7. Why does Yuan feel as if he should no longer live with his lady mother?
(a) Ai-lan is moving back in.
(b) Mei-ling turned down his proposal.
(c) His lady mother wants him to find a job.
(d) His father might find him.

8. What is the bad news that Yuan receives about his hometown?
(a) Revolutionaries have attacked white men.
(b) Ai-lan has died.
(c) Revolutionaries have given up on their cause.
(d) His father has died.

9. What allows Yuan to look past the fact that his teacher's family is American?
(a) They have a lot of wealth.
(b) They are kind to him.
(c) His teacher reminds him of his father.
(d) They have ancestors from his homeland.

10. How does Yuan's class first respond to being taken outdoors?
(a) They complain to Yuan's superiors.
(b) They are ecstatic.
(c) They boycott the class.
(d) They complain.

11. What has happened to Yuan's plot of land?
(a) The maid has been waiting there for him.
(b) The farmer is still planting on it.
(c) The harvest is doing well.
(d) It's been developed into a busy area.

12. Who is Mei-ling?
(a) The teacher's daughter.
(b) The young girl Ai-lan's mother takes in.
(c) The maid's real name.
(d) Yuan's classmate.

13. In what two ways does Yuan's teacher believe Yuan and Mary are alike?
(a) Rebellion and caution.
(b) Youth and tradition.
(c) Youth and rebellion.
(d) Youth and education.

14. Who is described as being idealistic?
(a) The teacher.
(b) The teacher's daughter.
(c) Sheng.
(d) Yuan.

15. Why does Mary want Yuan to meet her in the garden?
(a) A flower is getting ready to bloom.
(b) She needs help with her chores.
(c) It is the only place they can be alone.
(d) Mary has bad news for him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the two Chinese brothers do that humiliates Yuan so much?

2. What makes Yuan's teacher say that he is just like Mary?

3. Why doesn't Ai-lan's mother trust Wu?

4. Who meets Yuan when he debarks from the train?

5. What does Yuan take his students outdoors to do?

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