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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. Why does Pearl apply for paperwork to visit the Green Dragon Village?
(a) To try to get Joy to leave the commune.
(b) To take Joy vitamins.
(c) To take Joy maternity clothes.
(d) Because Joy is pregnant.

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

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

4. What does the government promise to women who give birth?
(a) An experienced doctor.
(b) Their female children will be protected.
(c) Extra food rations and cloth.
(d) An experienced midwife.

5. What does everyone on the commune worry about concerning the upcoming winter?
(a) The artic winds are supposed to be worse this year.
(b) The ground will get too hard to plow.
(c) The winter will be harder than last year.
(d) The snow will be worse than last year.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many travel permits does Z. G. obtain?

2. What does Joy allow Pearl to do?

3. What will Feng Tao supposedly do in Shanghai?

4. What does Tao not do after Joy gives birth?

5. What does the brigade leader say about Yong?

Short Essay Questions

1. About what does everyone worry on the commune and what does Tao's family do to try to fend off the anticipated problem?

2. How does Z. G. arrange for the group to get out of China?

3. What happens that restores the closeness between Joy and Pearl?

4. What is Tao's reaction to his new daughter and what does Joy decide about the child's name?

5. What war has broken out in the commune?

6. What sort of horrors do Z.G. and Pearl see when they are driving to the village?

7. What crop is to be planted the following year and why is this a poor decision?

8. What does Pearl send Joy and what does Joy do with the articles?

9. Why does Pearl work alongside Yong?

10. Why does Pearl apply for a travel visa?

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