2. What work does Pearl do?
(a) Stoke the blast furnace.
(b) Cleaning the canning pots.
(c) Grinding wheat.
(d) Cooking for the harvesters.

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

4. What does the brigade leader say about Yong?
(a) She is doing more than her share of the work.
(b) She is a parasite.
(c) She is a victim.
(d) She is a hero.

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

6. Who does Pearl carry to the car?
(a) Ta-Ming.
(b) Yong.
(c) Kumei.
(d) No one.

7. How many travel permits does Z. G. obtain?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.

8. What does Joy allow Pearl to do?
(a) Help her bathe.
(b) Sleep late.
(c) Get ready to see Tao.
(d) Braid her hair.

9. What has likely happened to the messages Pearl has sent Joy?
(a) The censors have confisgated them.
(b) She does not think Pearl has sent her any messages.
(c) They were burned for starting fires.
(d) They are lost somewhere along the way.

10. What does Pearl say about Tao?
(a) He is a good man in a bad situation.
(b) He is an evil man.
(c) He is sorry for what he did.
(d) He is doing the best he can.

11. Why does Tao insult Joy after she gives birth?
(a) For not having a boy.
(b) For wanting to name their child after an American.
(c) For not allowing Tao to take the child and kill her.
(d) For screaming during labor.

12. What does Kumei admit to Joy?
(a) She is getting married to Tao's older brother.
(b) She's going to sneak away from the village.
(c) She's been sleeping with the brigade leader.
(d) She is pregnant.

13. Why is Pearl delighted when she returns from work one evening?
(a) To find Dun has made her some dinner.
(b) To learn that Joy is on her way there.
(c) To learn a package from Joy has arrived.
(d) To learn that her travel visa has been approved.

14. What does Auntie Hu tell Pearl?
(a) That Auntie Hu is planning to leave Chine.
(b) That the officials asked Auntie Hu about Pearl.
(c) That Auntie Hu is very ill.
(d) That Z. G. can not be trusted.

15. What stage of starvation are the peasants entering?
(a) Edema.
(b) Skin diseases.
(c) Weight Loss.
(d) Dementia.