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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Yue Daiyun draw a line between herself and her husband's family?
(a) They were unkind to her.
(b) They were bourgeois intellectuals.
(c) They were outspoken anti-Communists.
(d) They were unlearned peasants.

3. Why would a good Communist mistrust his own conscience?
(a) The Party had greater wisdom.
(b) The individual was always wrong.
(c) Conscience is the voice of evil.
(d) The Party would punish such thinking.

4. What health problem had complicated Yue Daiyun's pregnancy?
(a) Morning sickness.
(b) High blood pressure.
(c) Low blood pressure.
(d) Swollen ankles.

5. How did night meetings at the commune in Zhaitang attempt to educate the peasants?
(a) By turning on radio news broadcasts for them.
(b) By teaching them basic literacy.
(c) By purchasing textbooks for them.
(d) By reading newspapers to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the commune at Zhaitang produce for income?

2. What is a cadre?

3. How does the bride approach her husband's home in Chinese tradition?

4. What does it mean to "draw a line"?

5. What does the name "Xiao" mean in Mandarin Chinese?

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