2. Why does Joy think she will never leave the commune?
(a) She loves farming.
(b) Her father has to live there for the rest of his life.
(c) She loves Tao.
(d) She is afraid to leave it.

3. Of whom is Joy slightly afraid?
(a) Z. G.
(b) Tao.
(c) Yong.
(d) Kumei.

4. Why is Joy not supposed to be pleased with her performance?
(a) An American cannot do something well.
(b) There is no place for pride in China.
(c) She is an outsider.
(d) She is not supposed to do better than others in the village.

5. Who does Joy believe is her biological mother?
(a) Suan.
(b) May.
(c) Pearl.
(d) Ling.

6. In what do the sisters write to each other?
(a) Chinese.
(b) Code.
(c) English.
(d) French.

7. What do Pearl's housemates say about her when she returns from Auntie Hu's home?
(a) She is too slow.
(b) She does not work hard enough.
(c) She is too noisy.
(d) She is too imperialistic.

8. For what city does Joy purchase a ticket?
(a) Shanghai.
(b) Hu.
(c) Beijing.
(d) Jadong.

9. Who is Z. G.?
(a) A farmer.
(b) Joy's father.
(c) A diplomat for the People's Republic of China.
(d) A Chinese official high up in the party.

10. What does Pearl sometimes sneak and keep?
(a) Pieces of material.
(b) Bits of memorabilia from her childhood in China.
(c) Small pieces of the poster of her and May.
(d) Newspaper articles about Z. G.

11. How long has it been since Pearl has moved back into her childhood home?
(a) 3 months.
(b) 2 weeks.
(c) 6 weeks.
(d) 1 month.

12. Who is in charge of seeing that Dandelion Number Eight reaches its goals?
(a) General Tse.
(b) Brigade Leader Suan.
(c) Brigade Leader Lai.
(d) Commune Leader Lese.

13. What has happened to Kumei from the age of five on?
(a) She has terrible, almost-daily headaches.
(b) She has had terrible nightmares.
(c) She is raped nightly from her husband in an arranged marriage.
(d) She has had aspirations of becoming an artist.

14. Who is waiting for Pearl in her bedroom?
(a) Dun.
(b) Joy.
(c) No one.
(d) Z. G.

15. When is the last time Pearl has been in China?
(a) When she is 9.
(b) When she is 40.
(c) When she is 28.
(d) As a teenager.