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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: The Dog Grins: Chapters 21 - 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Joy request of Tao in front of the commune?
(a) Food.
(b) Nothing.
(c) A divorce.
(d) His blessing on his baby.

2. After whom does Joy name her child?
(a) Sam.
(b) Z. G.
(c) Tao.
(d) Pearl.

3. Why is Joy happy but frustrated when she receives a package from Pearl?
(a) That there is no baby formula in the package.
(b) That the letter is brief and says nothing.
(c) That Pearl has not come to the commune in person.
(d) That there is no money in the package.

4. Who does Joy think the most powerful leaders in China are?
(a) The ones who have been executed for so-called treason.
(b) The ones who lie the biggest and best.
(c) The ones who get busy and help the peasants with the harvest.
(d) None.

5. For what does Pearl find herself homesick?
(a) Her home in Los Angeles.
(b) Her home in San Francisco.
(c) The Shanghai she once knew.
(d) Her life as a teenager in Green Dragon Village.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Pearl awaken?

2. What do Joy and Z. G. do in Canton?

3. What does Tao say is the reason for the water buffalo's suffering?

4. What does Pearl sometimes sneak and keep?

5. What does the government promise to women who give birth?

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