Do Not Say We Have Nothing Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 28:

1.

What momentous political event accompanies Marie's father's suicide? (from Part 1, Chapters 1 - 2)

The passing of Section 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.

The Four Pests Campaign.

The Tiananmen Square demonstrations.

The Cultural Revolution.

2.

When is the last time Marie hears from Ai-ming? (from Part 1, Chapters 5 - 6)

A phone call Marie receives from Ai-ming in 1996.

A letter Marie receives from Ai-ming in 1996.

Their last phone conversation immediately after Ai-ming crosses the border from Vancouver into the US.

An email Marie receives from Ai-ming in 1998.

3.

When Zhuli goes to the park after the start of the Cultural Revolution, what does she see that seems to represent the confusion and emotional repression of the era? (from Part 1, Chapters 7 - 8)

People wearing only the same shades of army green clothing.

A struggle session.

The destruction of musical instruments.

A child alternately rejecting and accepting his mother's attempts to play with him.

4.

What musical piece does Zhuli practice for an upcoming performance, despite knowing that she likely will never compete abroad because she is the daughter of a convicted rightist? (from Part 1, Chapters 5 - 6)

Ravel's Tzigane.

Handel's Xerxes.

Sparrow's symphony.

Bach's Goldberg Variations.

5.

What happens to the Book of Records after Wen and Swirl are forced from their home? (from Part 1, Chapters 3 - 4)

It is destroyed by the peasants, but other copies are found later.

Wen and Swirl keep the Book of Records for the rest of the novel.

Big Mother Knife attempts to retrieve it but it is trapped in Wen and Swirl's cellar.

Big Mother Knife retrieves it from their home and later brings it with her to Shanghai.

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