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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Dad take meetings late at night?
(a) The office.
(b) The basement.
(c) The theater.
(d) The school.

2. What did people use the Propaganda Wall to do?
(a) Learn about new laws.
(b) Turn in law breakers,
(c) Confess their guilt.
(d) Send messages.

3. Where did Ji Li hide after turning down the chance to be part of a special group?
(a) In her room.
(b) Behind a tree.
(c) In a cave.
(d) Under the deck.

4. How was Grandmother taken to the clinic?
(a) They used a litter.
(b) They took the bus.
(c) They walked.
(d) They took a pedicab.

5. How did Ji Li feel about taking over the cooking in her house?
(a) She was annoyed by this.
(b) She was confused.
(c) She was worried about it.
(d) She was happy to do it.

6. Why did Dad take Grandma on a picnic?
(a) To hide her from the search.
(b) To help her relax.
(c) To get her outside.
(d) To let her see her home.

7. What did Six Fingers run?
(a) A Propaganda Printer.
(b) A Literary Club.
(c) An Underground Society.
(d) A Neighborhood Dictatorship Group.

8. What did the classes study when the school was re-opened?
(a) Chinese history.
(b) Mao documents.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Old petitions.

9. What were the students told to make when classes were canceled?
(a) Posters.
(b) Warm clothing.
(c) Bomb shelters.
(d) Storage units.

10. Where did Dad send the children away when Tian was visiting?
(a) To school.
(b) The Propaganda Wall.
(c) Outside.
(d) Downstairs.

11. What was Ji Li happy about while she was sick with a fever?
(a) She didn't have to petition.
(b) She got sleep.
(c) She got to be with her mother.
(d) She got to miss school.

12. What did Grandma do to make her suspicious to the Red Guard?
(a) Married a land lord.
(b) Wrote a rebel book.
(c) Hoarded money.
(d) Took pictures off the Propaganda Wall.

13. What was wrong with the song at the beginning of the book?
(a) The timing was off.
(b) All of these.
(c) The lyrics were strange.
(d) There were not enough boys.

14. Where did Jia Hong-yu first see Mao?
(a) The Japanese front.
(b) City Hall in Hong Kong.
(c) Shang Hai.
(d) Tiannemen Square.

15. How did Ji Li respond when she heard someone who disagreed with the New China campaign?
(a) Confused.
(b) Proud.
(c) Afraid.
(d) Angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the newspapers say the schools in China were producing?

2. Why did Dad send the children away when Tian was visiting?

3. Where did Ji Li go to watch the sign being broken down?

4. What was Ji Li most upset about while she was sick with a fever?

5. What kind of clothes did Jiang Xi wear?

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