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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 does Pearl say about Tao?
(a) He is insignificant.
(b) He is wise beyond his years.
(c) He is handsome.
(d) He is a good match for Joy.

2. How does Sam die?
(a) Murder.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Suicide.
(d) Accident.

3. To where does Pearl walk?
(a) The bus depot.
(b) The train station.
(c) The large centrally-located park.
(d) Her old family home.

4. Why does Z.G. rebuke Joy?
(a) For feeling pride in her performance.
(b) For not being properly respectful to him.
(c) For sneaking off with Tao.
(d) For laughing at one of the village elders.

5. What does Joy witness as a result of the woman's suicide?
(a) The village pelting someone with rotten fruit.
(b) A hanging.
(c) A whipping.
(d) Her first public criticism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a social campaign aimed to transform China called?

2. According to Auntie Hu, how can Pearl reclaim many of her old belongings?

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

4. What are the peasants anxious to do?

5. Who has kept Pearl's room exactly as she left it?

Short Essay Questions

1. Of what do Pearl's housemates accuse her, and who seems to be supportive of her?

2. What does the Prologue recount?

3. What does Pearl find when she goes to her childhood home?

4. How is the commune set up for The Great Leap Forward?

5. What happens to Joy's stepfather, Sam, and how does Joy feel about it?

6. Why does Z. G. rebuke Joy for sneaking off with Tao?

7. What are some of the lies Joy discovers about her family?

8. Who is Joy attracted to in the Green Dragon Village and how do the two interact?

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

10. 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?

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