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Dreams of Joy: A Novel Quiz

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Dreams of Joy: A Novel Quiz

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1)

For what does Pearl find herself homesick? (from Part Two: The Rabbit Dodges: Chapters 7 - 10)

Her life as a teenager in Green Dragon Village.
Her home in Los Angeles.
Her home in San Francisco.
The Shanghai she once knew.
2)

What does Dun do after Tao makes his announcement? (from Part Four: The Dragon Rises: Chapters 27 & 28)

Shoots Tao.
Steps forward and claims to be Z. G.
Stabs Tao.
Forces Joy to leave.
3)

Who writes frequent letters to each other? (from Part Two: The Rabbit Dodges: Chapters 11 - 13)

Pearl and May.
Tao and Joy.
Z. G. and May.
Pearl and Auntie Hu.
4)

What does Pearl think she would have done if life had treated her a bit more kindly? (from Part Two: The Rabbit Dodges: Chapters 7 - 10)

Had several of her own children.
Lived to a ripe old age in the Shanghai of her youth.
Found Joy and gotten out of China already.
Married a young, handsome professor like Dun.
5)

What has happened to the women in the commune? (from Part Two: The Rabbit Dodges: Chapters 11 - 13)

They have been sent to other villages that needed help.
They have been forced to bear more children for the cause.
They have been emaciated from their marriages.
They have been forced into arranged marriages.
6)

What does the commune leader announce that is mandated by the government? (from Part Three: The Dog Grins: Chapters 14 - 16)

A new type of farming.
A contest.
A new irrigation system.
A new crop.
7)

What does Tao announce to the audience? (from Part Four: The Dragon Rises: Chapters 27 & 28)

That his wife did all the paintings.
That his father-in-law did two of the paintings.
That his father-in-law did all the paintings.
That one of the paintings is not his.
8)

What does Pearl tell the officers? (from Part Four: The Dragon Rises: Chapters 27 & 28)

Nothing.
That they do not know anything about a Z. G. person.
The wrong direction to search for Z. G.
That someone named Z. G. took their cab and they had to get another one.
9)

Alongside whom does Pearl work? (from Part Three: The Dog Grins: Chapters 14 - 16)

Z. G. and Joy.
Tao and Yong.
Joy and Tao.
Yong and Su-Lee.
10)

What has Pearl maintained in Hong Kong? (from Part Two: The Rabbit Dodges: Chapters 11 - 13)

A friendship with someone she knew as a young child.
A deposit box with her American passport.
Illegal contacts.
An apartment.
11)

How much rice is each peasant given per day? (from Part Three: The Dog Grins: Chapters 21 - 23)

Two cups.
A quart.
One cup.
One-half cup.
12)

What does the government realize about the peasants? (from Part Three: The Dog Grins: Chapters 14 - 16)

They are eating more food than can be sustained.
They are more aware than they let on.
They are close to revolting.
They are for the most part not too bright.
13)

What is Dandelion Number Eight People's Commune? (from Part Two: The Rabbit Dodges: Chapters 11 - 13)

A poster Z. G. paints.
A merging of Green Dragon Village and some nearby villages.
A group of protestors.
A poster Joy paints.
14)

What do Z. G. and the others encounter on the way back to Shanghai? (from Part Four: The Dragon Rises: Chapters 24 - 26)

Several roadblocks.
The brigade leader trying to walk to Shanghai.
Many people walking towards Shanghai.
Nothing.
15)

What does Tao ask Joy? (from Part Two: The Rabbit Dodges: Chapters 7 - 10)

If she will stay with him in the Green Dragon village which what he loves.
If he can return with her to the United States.
If she has a young man in the United States.
If she will marry him.
16)

After whom does Joy name her child? (from Part Three: The Dog Grins: Chapters 21 - 23)

Sam.
Pearl.
Z. G.
Tao.
17)

Who does Pearl carry to the car? (from Part Four: The Dragon Rises: Chapters 24 - 26)

Ta-Ming.
Kumei.
No one.
Yong.
18)

With whom does Kumei have a disagreement? (from Part Three: The Dog Grins: Chapters 17 - 20)

Tao.
Joy.
The brigade leader.
Yong.
19)

When will the group try to escape? (from Part Four: The Dragon Rises: Chapters 27 & 28)

When everyone sits down to eat.
When Tao heads onto the stage to receive his reward.
When Tao is changing clothes for the presentation.
At the end when everyone is milling around.
20)

Who are the officers searching for who stop the group? (from Part Four: The Dragon Rises: Chapters 27 & 28)

Tao.
The troublemaker Z. G. and his family.
Dun.
No one they know.
21)

What requires that every pair of hands work nonstop? (from Part Three: The Dog Grins: Chapters 14 - 16)

The overseer.
The harvest.
The upcoming festival.
The Great Leap Forward.
22)

What does Auntie Hu tell Pearl? (from Part Three: The Dog Grins: Chapters 17 - 20)

That Auntie Hu is planning to leave Chine.
That the officials asked Auntie Hu about Pearl.
That Z. G. can not be trusted.
That Auntie Hu is very ill.
23)

What does Joy allow Pearl to do? (from Part Three: The Dog Grins: Chapters 14 - 16)

Sleep late.
Get ready to see Tao.
Help her bathe.
Braid her hair.
24)

Why does Tao insult Joy after she gives birth? (from Part Three: The Dog Grins: Chapters 21 - 23)

For wanting to name their child after an American.
For screaming during labor.
For not having a boy.
For not allowing Tao to take the child and kill her.
25)

What do Pearl's housemates say about her when she returns from Auntie Hu's home? (from Part Two: The Rabbit Dodges: Chapters 7 - 10)

She is too imperialistic.
She is too slow.
She does not work hard enough.
She is too noisy.
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