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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Yue Daiyun do to comfort the injured Lao Shi?
(a) Tells him funny stories.
(b) Prepares buns from white flour.
(c) Smuggles cookies to him.
(d) Massages his injured back.

3. How did Nie Yuanzi attempt to flush out the 250 besieged Jinggang Mountain students?
(a) She turned off their electricity.
(b) She cut off their food supply.
(c) She turned off their water supply.
(d) She sent in tear gas.

4. Where were 21 people killed in campus warfare?
(a) Shanghai.
(b) Beijing.
(c) Hanzhong.
(d) Beida.

5. How did Lao Shi die?
(a) He commited suicide.
(b) He was accidentally shot.
(c) He was beaten to death while attempting to escape to Burma.
(d) He fell from a walnut tree.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Yue Daiyun's overriding reaction to her two years as a peasant worker?

2. Where were the Chinese literature students sent to work?

3. Why was depression widespread in 1967?

4. What did Tang Dan want to do for the Jinggang Mountain students?

5. How did Chairman Mao refer to Nie Yuanzi?

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