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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 the commune leader announce that is mandated by the government?
(a) A new type of farming.
(b) A new crop.
(c) A new irrigation system.
(d) A contest.

2. What does Joy allow Pearl to do?
(a) Sleep late.
(b) Get ready to see Tao.
(c) Braid her hair.
(d) Help her bathe.

3. What is Tao disgusted with Joy?
(a) Because she loves a female child.
(b) Because of her paintings.
(c) Because she wears dresses.
(d) Because she wants to go back to America.

4. What does Kumei admit to Joy?
(a) She is pregnant.
(b) She's going to sneak away from the village.
(c) She's been sleeping with the brigade leader.
(d) She is getting married to Tao's older brother.

5. What stage of starvation are the peasants entering?
(a) Skin diseases.
(b) Edema.
(c) Weight Loss.
(d) Dementia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Joy realize by the messages in the shoes?

2. What is pinned to Yong's chest?

3. With whom does Kumei have a disagreement?

4. To what does Pearl awaken?

5. How has Joy been feeling physically lately?

Short Essay Questions

1. What war has broken out in the commune?

2. What does Joy say in a letter to Pearl, and what is Pearl's reaction?

3. What gives Joy hope as she boils her new shoes?

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

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

6. What do Dun and Pearl race to do and what does Pearl decide?

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

8. Why does Pearl apply for a travel visa?

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

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

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