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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How was Lao Wei exonerated from the rightist charge against him?
(a) His cadre affirmed his good work habits.
(b) The peasants spoke in his behalf.
(c) He made a false confession.
(d) Yue Daiyun proved the criticisms wrong.

3. What challenging assignment was Yue Daiyun given upon her return to teaching?
(a) Explicating Tang dynasty literature.
(b) Teaching Chinese to foreign students.
(c) Teaching modern literature.
(d) Developing a political writing course.

4. What does the name "Xiao" mean in Mandarin Chinese?
(a) "Dear."
(b) "Small."
(c) "Grand."
(d) "Son."

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What work assignment did Yue Daiyun receive upon returning to Beida after her two-year absence?

2. What is an "ayi?"

3. How did Yue Daiyun learn to carry water?

4. What were Old Aunt and Old Uncle's parting gifts to Yue Daiyun?

5. What physical affliction had Yue Daiyun's father-in-law suffered in her two-year absence?

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