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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Woman Who Ran Away.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the town that is looted by bandits?
(a) T'ang-Ch'en.
(b) Huang Liu-hung.
(c) North-South Grand.
(d) Ma-t'ou.

2. Who is Ts'ui Meng supposed to become friends with in order to save his life when he has committed too many crimes?
(a) Taoist monk.
(b) Peddler.
(c) Refugee.
(d) Slave girl.

3. Who murders the cruel wife with a knife who starved her mother-in-law in one of P'u Sung-Ling's stories?
(a) Ts'ui Meng.
(b) P'u Sung-ling.
(c) Din Dan.
(d) Li Chen.

4. What are the two major crops in Peking during the heavy snowfall described in Huang's story?
(a) Sorghum and beets.
(b) Sorghum and potatoes.
(c) Sorghum and barley.
(d) Winter wheat and sorghum.

5. When does an earthquake occur in the capital of the Northeast county in China?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1945.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the young boy see leading government officials in the first magic story by P'u Sung-ling from 1668?

2. What is used for fertilizer for sorghum cultivation in Peking in Huang's story?

3. In Huang's "Local History," who are pressed to remarry?

4. In China, often women did not have rights and were sold as __________.

5. How far away do workers have to go for forced labor in Huang's story?

(see the answer key)

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