Dreams of Joy: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Lisa See
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Dreams of Joy: A Novel Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What has Auntie Hu managed to do despite the new governmental controls?
(a) Visit abroad.
(b) Create art in her own fashion.
(c) Write to May regularly.
(d) Live a life of luxury.

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

6. What is the precipitating factor for Joy's assignment?
(a) Ping-Li's death.
(b) Having come from America.
(c) Being caught in the woods with Tao.
(d) Saying caring for children is the one thing she would hate.

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

8. What causes Pearl elation when she enters China?
(a) She talks to someone who has met Joy.
(b) She sees Z. G. at the airport.
(c) She sees Joy's picture on the wall of returning Chinese.
(d) She sees her picture on a poster drawn by Z. G.

9. Who has kept Pearl's room exactly as she left it?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Boarders.
(d) Her parents.

10. On what wall is Joy's picture to be hung?
(a) The Comrade Wall of Returned Chinese.
(b) The Wailing Wall.
(c) The Great Wall.
(d) The wall of disillusioned Americans.

11. How does Joy feel about returning to the commune?
(a) Angry.
(b) Resigned.
(c) Thrilled.
(d) Unhappy.

12. What does Pearl finally admit to May?
(a) That she has found Joy.
(b) That Z. G. is dead.
(c) That Pearl has decided to stay in China.
(d) That Joy is ready to come home.

13. How does the Chinese government view romance?
(a) It makes the life of the peasants more bearable.
(b) A necessary evil.
(c) They have offered no opinions about it.
(d) It is strictly forbidden.

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

15. What is Dandelion Number Eight People's Commune?
(a) A merging of Green Dragon Village and some nearby villages.
(b) A poster Z. G. paints.
(c) A group of protestors.
(d) A poster Joy paints.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has happened to Kumei from the age of five on?

3. What does the agent do before allowing Joy to enter China?

4. For what city does Joy purchase a ticket?

5. How does Z. G. view Joy's relationship with Tao?

(see the answer keys)

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