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Family Chapters 1-13 Quiz

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1 What play do Chueh-min and Chueh-hui perfom at school?

The Orphan of Zhao

Treasure Island

A Doll's House

Madame Butterfly
2 What does Chin read in New Youth Magazine that affirms her decision to apply for the Foreign Languages School?

A letter to the editor encouraging girls to cut their hair

An excerpt from Ibsen's A Doll's House

A letter from her friend Hsu Chien-ju written in pai hua

An article called "Cannibal Confucian Morality"
3 What does Mei's name mean?

"plum blossom"

"fragrance at eventide"

"young love"

"a treasure of rare worth"
4 Which reason does NOT prevent Mei and Chueh-hsin from getting married?

Mrs. Chou and Mrs. Chien fought over a game of mahjong

They are biological cousins

There was a prophecy that if they married, Mei would die young

Their birth charts are incompatible
5 Why do the students of Chengdu protest at the governor's office?

The government issued a proclamation forbidding girls from cutting their hair short

The police shut down Dawn magazine

Soldiers incited a riot at the Wanchun theater

Funding for the girls school was diverted to the military
6 Why does Chueh-hsin play the bamboo flute at night?

Chueh-hsin wanted to become a musician before his father chose his career

The music expresses Chueh-hsin's grief over lost love

Chueh-hsin wants to teach his son, Hai-chen, to play the flute

Chueh-hsin needs to practice to perform at his grandfather's birthday celebration
7 Why are Chueh-hui and Chueh-min late for dinner?

Chueh-hui refused to take a sedan chair, and they walked through the snow

Soldiers interrogated them as they left school

The rehearsal for the play ran late because Chueh-hui could not remember his lines

They joined a student protest before coming home
8 Why is Mrs. Chang the subject of gossip in the Kao family?

She is a widow and refuses to remarry

She is addicted to playing mahjong and smoking tobacco

She had an affair with the servant Kao Sheng and then had him sent to prison

She allows Chin to be educated in public school and did not bind Chin's feet
9 Why does Ming-feng fear getting older?

She will likely be married off

The women in her family die before they reach age twenty

She only has a year left of servitude to the Kao family and no place to go after

She does not want to lose her youthful beauty
10 How did Chueh-hsin's father choose Jui-chueh to be Chueh-hsin's wife?

He owed Jui-chueh's father a lot of money and compromised by arranging the marriage

He asked Chueh-hsin whom he would like to marry

After Jui-chueh saved Chueh-hsin's life, he decided it was fate

He narrowed the list of potential brides to two names and picked one at random
11 What did Chueh-hsin want to do after graduating from school?

Travel the world

Become a professional flutist

Study chemistry or physics at a university

Join the Kuomintang
12 What does Chien-yun do for work?

He is unemployed

He is a female impersonating opera singer

He works for the Sichuan Mercantile Company with Chueh-hsin

He tutors the Wang children
13 What job did Jui-chueh have before joining the Kao family?

Concubine for her father's friend

Seamstress

Painter at a fan shop

Opera singer
14 Why does Chueh-hui chastise himself after giving money to the beggar boy?

The money would have been enough to buy Ming-feng's freedom

He knows one act of charity cannot save the beggar boy

The beggar boy was actually a scam artist

He gives the boy money he owes Uncle Ke-ting
15 Who invites Chueh-hui to join the student protest?

His cousin, Chin

His brother, Chueh-min

His friend, Hsu Chien-ju

His classmate, Hui-ju
16 Why is Chueh-hui called in to see his grandfather?

The Venerable Master Kao wants him to stop protesting

The Venerable Master Kao has arranged a marriage for him

The Venerable Master Kao wants to discuss Chueh-hui's political beliefs

The Venerable Master Kao wants to add Chueh-hui to his will
17 What does Chueh-hui do immediately after leaving the Venerable Master Kao's chambers?

He burns his copy of the Li Chi

He sneaks off the compound with Mama Huang's help

He searches the gardens for Ming-feng

He vandalizes a plum tree
18 Why do the student protests in Chengdu end?

The governor resigned to appease the students

The semester resumed, and no one had time to protest

The soldiers opened fire on the student protesters, killing several

The government officially apologizes and instates a rule that soldiers cannot hit students
19 Why do Ming-feng and Chueh-hui hide their relationship?

Chueh-min is also in love with Ming-feng

Ming-feng is the Venerable Master Kao's concubine

Ming-feng is a servant and Chueh-hui is a member of the gentry

Chueh-hui is already betrothed to Chin
20 What book does the Venerable Master Kao give Chueh-hui?

"Treasure Island"

"The Li Chi"

“On Filial Piety and the Shunning of Lewdness”

"Resurrection"
21 What holiday do the Kao family prepare to celebrate?

The Tomb-Sweeping Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival

The Lunar New Year

The Dragon Boat Festival
22 What does Yeh-yeh do when he sees Chueh-hui left the family compound?

He forbids Chueh-hui from watching the fireworks display

He takes all of Chueh-hui's pocket money

He hits Chueh-hui in front of his brothers

Nothing; he does not notice Chueh-hui
23 What sign of "refinement" does Chueh-hui think goes against his grandfather's Confucian morals?

Writing in pai hua

Foot binding

Reading Western novels

Patronizing female-impersonating opera singers
24 Why is Chin jealous of her cousins' education?

Their school has heating

Their teachers are all female

Her only tutor is Chien-yun

They read modern texts while Chin's professors only teach classics
25 Which historic figure does Chueh-hui quote to Chueh-min and Chin?

Confucius

General Ho Chu-ping

Napoleon

Genghis Khan

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