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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do they put metal blinders on the water buffalo?
(a) To keep them from kicking since they won't kick if they can't see.
(b) To keep them from walking around sharp rocks in the field.
(c) To keep the flies out of their eyes.
(d) To keep the sun from giving them cataracts.

2. Why does Z. G. arrange for Joy and Tao to have art lessons together?
(a) So Z. G. can discourage Joy from being interested in Tao.
(b) They both have similar talent.
(c) So they can spend time together away from the prying eyes of the commune.
(d) So Z. G. can discourage Tao from being interested in Joy.

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

4. What does Joy do when she finds her father coming out of a meeting?
(a) Follows him home.
(b) Confronts him on the street.
(c) Decides she does not want to contact him yet.
(d) Starts crying on the street.

5. What does the FBI want Sam to do?
(a) Set up a meeting with some Chinese Communists.
(b) Work undercover for them in San Francisco.
(c) Work undercover for them in China.
(d) Turn in Joy as a Communist sympathizer.

6. What does Joy realize are empty fantasies?
(a) Finding any of her half sisters.
(b) Finding her real father.
(c) Joe's notion of moving to China with Joy.
(d) Going to college on the East Coast.

7. Who is Pearl's husband?
(a) Z.G.
(b) Joe.
(c) Sam.
(d) She is not married.

8. Why does Kumei think Joy and Tao are a perfect match?
(a) Joy is a tiger and Tao is a dog.
(b) Joy has many siblings and Tao is an only child.
(c) Joy is short and Tao is short.
(d) Joy is a leo and Tao is a virgo.

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

10. Who is Auntie Hu?
(a) An elderly woman who everyone calls Auntie Hu.
(b) Pearl's great aunt.
(c) Pearl's mother's best friend.
(d) May's husband's aunt.

11. Who are the narrator(s) in "Dreams of Joy"?
(a) Joy and Joe.
(b) Sam and Joy.
(c) Pearl and an unknown character.
(d) Joy and Pearl.

12. What does Tao say is the reason for the water buffalo's suffering?
(a) There are no veterinarians in the area.
(b) The water buffalo won't let a human treat its wounds.
(c) He says there is no reason; it just is.
(d) Punishment for deeds in a past life.

13. Who does May think about finding in China?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her aunt and uncle.
(c) Her half sister.
(d) Z. G.

14. Why are all the people of the commune fed three meals a day at the canteen?
(a) To save resources.
(b) To save fire wood.
(c) To create a spirit of camaraderie.
(d) To free up the woman from domestic chores.

15. Who is clearly talented when Z.G. begins his art class?
(a) Joy.
(b) Kumei.
(c) Tao.
(d) Yuan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Pearl not get along well with the boarders in her childhood home?

2. Where does a guard tell Pearl he directed Joy?

3. What does Pearl say about Tao?

4. Why does Pearl not leave with Z. G.?

5. How does a woman kill herself one day?

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