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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Z. G. view Joy's relationship with Tao?
(a) He thinks she is too good for Tao.
(b) He thinks Joy would ruin Tao's life.
(c) He thinks Joy would get bored with Tao.
(d) He thinks Tao would be a wonderful husband.

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

3. What does the interrogator force Pearl to do?
(a) Register all her information.
(b) Renounce her American citizenship.
(c) Renounce her Imperialist ways.
(d) Tell him everything she knows about the United States.

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

5. Who explains to Pearl that China has a large export business?
(a) A worker from Soo Yuen Benevolent Association.
(b) Z. G.
(c) The agent in immigration.
(d) The CEO of the largest export business in China.

6. What does Pearl's contact help her do?
(a) Sneak into China.
(b) Contact the missing persons bureau of Shanghai.
(c) Set up a contact across in Hong Kong for mail forwarding.
(d) Contact the artist association of Beijing.

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

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

9. Why does Joy go to China?
(a) To teach English.
(b) To learn about Chinese history.
(c) To find her birth father and true self.
(d) To visit her brother.

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

11. How does May hide the money she sends to Pearl?
(a) She does not send money because it would get stolen.
(b) Disguises it as decorative art.
(c) Sews it into the hems of clothing.
(d) Conceals it into a flap on the inside of the letter.

12. What is a social campaign aimed to transform China called?
(a) China First.
(b) Leaping into the Future.
(c) The Great Leap Forward.
(d) The Hope of the Future.

13. How many siblings does Tao have?
(a) 1.
(b) 8.
(c) 2.
(d) 0.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joy witness as a result of the woman's suicide?

2. What does Tao ask Joy?

3. Why does Joy think she will never leave the commune?

4. Why is Z. G. sent back to the commune?

5. What is Z. G. supposed to remember?

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