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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 do the harvesters leave standing?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Every tenth row for gleaners.
(c) Ten percent of the crop for the local farmers.
(d) Many uncut rice stalks.

2. What does the mandate involve?
(a) Digging miles of trenches for the water.
(b) To see which commune can harvest their crops the fastest.
(c) A crop that has not been grown in China until now.
(d) Using more machinery.

3. What has Tao's family managed to do to stave off starving?
(a) Hide a cupful of uncooked wheat kernels.
(b) Grow a few mushrooms in the cellar.
(c) Kill a few pigeons.
(d) Kill a few rats and mice.

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

5. How many travel permits does Z. G. obtain?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is beginning to hit the city?

2. What war has broken out?

3. Why is Joy happy but frustrated when she receives a package from Pearl?

4. What does Dun recognize as symbolic of extreme distress?

5. What does Kumei admit to Joy?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Pearl agree to leave the commune with Z. G.?

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

3. What does Pearl find has arrived one day after returning from work?

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

5. What contest does the Brigade leader announce and how does the contest contribute to the food shortage?

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

7. How does Joy react to the spectacle the Brigade leader makes of Yong, and how does she display courage?

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

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

10. What does Dun confess to Pearl, and what is her reaction?

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