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

2. What is a cadre?
(a) A prisoner.
(b) An informant.
(c) A revolutionary trainee.
(d) A revolutionary trainer.

3. What song did Yue Daiyun's brother use to comfort her while she was being criticized?
(a) "I Dream of Jeannie."
(b) "La Marseille."
(c) "La Donna est Mobile."
(d) "My Old Kentucky Home."

4. What caused the famine in Zhaitang during the autumn of 1959?
(a) Lack of seeds.
(b) Drought.
(c) Refusal of the peasant workers to cooperate.
(d) Mismanagement.

5. What physical affliction had Yue Daiyun's father-in-law suffered in her two-year absence?
(a) Heart failure.
(b) Memory loss.
(c) Debilitating high blood pressure.
(d) A paralyzing stroke.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first "To the Storm"?

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

3. How did Yue Daiyun learn to carry water?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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