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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Yue Daiyun learn to carry water?
(a) On a shoulder pole.
(b) On her head.
(c) In a wheelbarrow.
(d) In handheld buckets.

2. What did Chairman Mao seem to be encouraging in 1956?
(a) Capitalism
(b) Open criticism of the Communist party.
(c) Individuality.
(d) A move to the right.

3. How does the bride approach her husband's home in Chinese tradition?
(a) She walks with her relatives.
(b) She is carried there.
(c) She walks alone.
(d) She walks with her groom.

4. What was Yue Daiyun's first assigned task at the commune in Zhaitang?
(a) Collecting clay to mix with coal for the fire.
(b) Preparing breakfast for the group.
(c) Drawing water.
(d) Collecting rocks to build a dam.

5. How many people in Beida had been declared rightists in 1958?
(a) Three hundred faculty members.
(b) Five hundred students and 100 faculty members.
(c) Seven hundred students.
(d) One hundred students and 500 faculty members.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of workers charged as rightists were work units expected to unveil in 1958?

2. Why was Yue Daiyun's long-awaited home visit depressing?

3. How many people was Yue Daiyun required to identify as rightists?

4. What was "Contemporary Heroes"?

5. What was the rationale for putting literature students to hard physical labor?

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