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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has happened to Kumei from the age of five on?
(a) She has terrible, almost-daily headaches.
(b) She is raped nightly from her husband in an arranged marriage.
(c) She has had terrible nightmares.
(d) She has had aspirations of becoming an artist.

2. What are the peasants anxious to do?
(a) Marry Tao off to Joy.
(b) Abandon their marriages.
(c) Help Z. G. with his latest gallery show.
(d) Show how read their blood is.

3. Where does Joy go to search for her father?
(a) His family home.
(b) A museum.
(c) The Artist Association.
(d) His second wife's family home.

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

5. What has happened to the women in the commune?
(a) They have been forced to bear more children for the cause.
(b) They have been forced into arranged marriages.
(c) They have been emaciated from their marriages.
(d) They have been sent to other villages that needed help.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the Chinese hope to overpower in the future?

2. Who is actually Joy's biological mother?

3. What do Pearl's housemates say about her when she returns from Auntie Hu's home?

4. What will make it more difficult for Pearl to search for Joy?

5. How does the Captain of the ship from Hong Kong cheat Joy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are Joy and Z. G. going after leaving the Green Dragon Village and what does Z. G. say Joy will have the opportunity to do?

2. What does Pearl do every morning for a job and what does she find as she is performing her duties?

3. What is the Great Leap Forward and what does China hope to accomplish with it?

4. How does Joy feel about returning to the Green Dragon Village, and what has happened to the village?

5. Who gives a mediocre performance in acting out Joy's play, and how is she received?

6. What does Pearl think about concerning Joy's father, Z. G.?

7. What do Z. G. and Joy begin doing immediately at the commune, and why is the work so grueling?

8. Describe Joy's trip to China.

9. What assignment is Joy given in the village, and why?

10. What does Pearl learn about the whereabouts of Z. G. and Joy?

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