2. What does the government insist the sparrows do?
(a) Devour most of the seeds and grains.
(b) Deface public seating areas.
(c) Nest in eaves and ruin them.
(d) Ignore the government's war.

3. Why is Pearl upset to hear that Joy is pregnant?
(a) Joy will not get good care.
(b) Joy will not be treated well if she has a girl.
(c) Joy's health will be in danger.
(d) Joy will never leave the commune now.

4. How does Joy convince the brigade leader to let her do her project in the commune center?
(a) Offers to go to bed with him.
(b) Appeals to his self interest.
(c) Shows him how it will help the commune's output.
(d) Gives him a money bribe.

5. Where is everyone when Z. G. and Pearl arrive at the Green Dragon?
(a) Gathered at a public criticism.
(b) Working in the rice paddies.
(c) On the road to a larger commune.
(d) Either dead or in their homes too weak to work.

6. Who do Pearl and Dun go find?
(a) Z. G.
(b) Auntie Hu.
(c) Pearl's father.
(d) Z. G.'s housekeeper.

7. Where is May to meet the group?
(a) Tokoyo.
(b) Beijing.
(c) Taipai.
(d) Hong Kong.

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

9. What are Z. G. and Pearl's reaction to what they see on their drive to the commune?
(a) Incredulity at the wasted harvest.
(b) Horror at what they are witnessing.
(c) Rage.
(d) Indifference since it's almost as bad in the city.

10. What requires that every pair of hands work nonstop?
(a) The overseer.
(b) The Great Leap Forward.
(c) The harvest.
(d) The upcoming festival.

11. What does Dun recognize as symbolic of extreme distress?
(a) The feathers in the package.
(b) The "x" mark on several pieces of paper.
(c) The black circles on several pieces of paper
(d) The boiled piece of leather.

12. To what does Pearl awaken?
(a) A growl.
(b) Bangs.
(c) A headache.
(d) A scream.

13. Alongside whom does Pearl work?
(a) Z. G. and Joy.
(b) Joy and Tao.
(c) Yong and Su-Lee.
(d) Tao and Yong.

14. How does Z. G. get Joy, Tao and Samantha to his car?
(a) Carrying them one by one.
(b) A wheelbarrow.
(c) Dragging them.
(d) A cart.

15. To what does Joy think the people are blind?
(a) The way so many of the communes members are dying.
(b) The government's abuse.
(c) The way the brigade leader lives.
(d) Imminent death.