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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 will make it more difficult for Pearl to search for Joy?
(a) Having no transportation.
(b) Registering her information.
(c) Having her passport taken.
(d) Having no money.

2. How does the Captain of the ship from Hong Kong cheat Joy?
(a) He does not cheat her.
(b) He offers to keep her jewelry safe but never gives it back.
(c) He charges her double for the passage.
(d) He takes half of her money for exchanging her American dollars.

3. To what is Pearl sentenced?
(a) Weekly reports to an agent.
(b) Six days in a community work house.
(c) Weekly thought-reform sessions.
(d) Six days hard labor.

4. Who is Auntie Hu?
(a) Pearl's mother's best friend.
(b) May's husband's aunt.
(c) Pearl's great aunt.
(d) An elderly woman who everyone calls Auntie Hu.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is waiting for Pearl in her bedroom?

2. Where does Z. G. say it is time to go?

3. What causes Pearl elation when she enters China?

4. What does Joy do when she finds her father coming out of a meeting?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Pearl think about as she goes after Joy?

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

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

4. What does the Prologue recount?

5. What happens when Joy calls her boyfriend Joe when she is wandering through Chinatown?

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

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

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

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

10. What does Joy think about when listening to the propaganda about working hard?

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