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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 14.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why had Yue Daiyun not protested when truckloads of students set out in a downpour?
(a) She was afraid of being criticized yet again.
(b) It would have seemed disobedient to Chairman Mao's teachings about courage.
(c) She was sure the trip would be safe.
(d) She had confidence in the leader of their group.

4. Why was Yue Daiyun's long-awaited home visit depressing?
(a) She became ill and spent the time recuperating.
(b) Her baby didn't remember her, and she was a stranger on campus.
(c) Her students were openly hostile to her.
(d) She had to face charges and criticism at home.

5. Why was Yue Daiyun disheartened by her first teaching assignment at the cadre school in Liyuzhou?
(a) She was set up as a good example.
(b) She was not to be a good example, but a warning.
(c) The students were at a low level of preparation.
(d) The students were disinterested and rude.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Yue Daiyun feel about menial labor in Liyuzhou?

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

3. Why did Lin Biao, Chairman Mao's closest ally, decide to flee the country?

4. Why were qualified teachers hesitant to offer lecture courses upon returning to Beida?

5. How did Yue Daiyun accidentally injure Lao Tang?

(see the answer key)

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