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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Old Uncle say that he shared food with Yue Daiyun rather than eating it himself?
(a) He didn't have much of an appetite.
(b) She needed her strength to work.
(c) She was new to hunger, but he was used to it.
(d) He had plenty of food stored away.

2. What physical difficulty was brought on for Yue Daiyun and others by the famine in Zhaitang?
(a) Constipation.
(b) Fainting.
(c) Vomiting.
(d) Diarrhea.

3. What does the name "Lao" mean in Mandarin Chinese?
(a) "Sweet."
(b) "Baby."
(c) "Old."
(d) "Friend."

4. What was the first criticism of Lao Tang at the Beida Youth League Congress?
(a) Staying up all night talking with Yue Daiyun.
(b) Teaching capitalist ideas.
(c) Supporting rightist teachers.
(d) Killing frogs who were interrupting the music.

5. Why were the peasants reluctant to accept the land that they were given during land reform?
(a) They were afraid of the responsibility of ownership.
(b) They were afraid of receiving the same retribution as their former landlords.
(c) They were afraid other peasants would be jealous.
(d) They were afraid that exploitation would begin again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What interrupted Yue Daiyun's celebration of her son's one-month birthday?

2. What did the commune at Zhaitang produce for income?

3. Why was the poet Lin Zhao executed?

4. How was Lao Wei exonerated from the rightist charge against him?

5. What first shook Yue Daiyun's faith in the Communist party?

(see the answer key)

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