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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were Old Aunt and Old Uncle's parting gifts to Yue Daiyun?
(a) Eggs and walnuts.
(b) Apricots and rice.
(c) Walnuts and apricots.
(d) Rice and eggs.

2. What was Yue Daiyun's overriding reaction to her two years as a peasant worker?
(a) Anger.
(b) Shame.
(c) Resentment at time wasted.
(d) Gratitude.

3. What does it mean to "draw a line"?
(a) To strengthen a common bond.
(b) To align one's self with another person.
(c) To make one's political position clear.
(d) To separate one's self from a suspect person.

4. What political decision did Yue Daiyun make upon her return to Beida after her two-year absence?
(a) To become a leader in the field of literary history.
(b) To avoid social issues and concentrate on her studies.
(c) To focus on social issues and her studies.
(d) To carefully select which social issues should involve her.

5. Why was returning to Beijing in 1966 disheartening for Yue Daiyun?
(a) She was disappointed at the low production.
(b) She was disillusioned with the system.
(c) She was discouraged about her own progress.
(d) She was surprised at the lack of student enthusiasm.

Short Answer Questions

1. What physical difficulty was brought on for Yue Daiyun and others by the famine in Zhaitang?

2. Why did Yue Daiyun refuse expensive wedding gifts?

3. What does Yue Daiyun do to comfort the injured Lao Shi?

4. Of what did Lao Pan accuse Yue Daiyun?

5. Why was Yue Daiyun's sister-in-law's father imprisoned?

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