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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 Yue Daiyun relate to her sister-in-law's father?
(a) They were the same age.
(b) They were both condemned as rightists.
(c) They were both appalled at the elaborate wedding ceremony.
(d) They were from the same home town.

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

3. What was Yue Daiyun's job during the famine in Zhaitang?
(a) Collecting apricot pits for oil.
(b) Caring for pigs.
(c) Grinding corncobs to make flour.
(d) Pitting walnuts.

4. What disillusioned Yue Daiyun on her trip to the Soviet Union?
(a) She wasn't allowed to visit Red Square.
(b) She observed social inequality.
(c) The Chinese visitors were rudely treated.
(d) The Chinese visitors were not considered equals.

5. What were the "triple evils" to be eliminated in 1957?
(a) Subjectivism, sectarianism, and bureaucratism.
(b) Sectarianism, bureaucratism, and socialism.
(c) Objectivism, Confucianism, and sectarianism.
(d) Bureaucratism, cretinism, and subjectivism.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lao Wei counsel Yue Daiyun to do to redeem herself with the party?

2. Why were many Chinese angry at the U.S. in 1951?

3. Why did Yue Daiyun draw a line between herself and her husband's family?

4. Why did Old Uncle say that he shared food with Yue Daiyun rather than eating it himself?

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

(see the answer key)

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