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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Yue Daiyun's favorite pastime while she wandered in the mountains of Zhaitang?
(a) Writing poetry.
(b) Calisthenics.
(c) Sketching.
(d) Singing.

2. What should a good Communist always refuse to a class enemy, according to what Yue Daiyun was taught?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) Compassion.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Financial assistance.

3. Why were the peasants reluctant to accept the land that they were given during land reform?
(a) They were afraid other peasants would be jealous.
(b) They were afraid of receiving the same retribution as their former landlords.
(c) They were afraid that exploitation would begin again.
(d) They were afraid of the responsibility of ownership.

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

5. What is sent out to announce a baby's one-month anniversary?
(a) Red-dyed eggs.
(b) Red kites.
(c) Party invitations.
(d) Fortune cookies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Lao Shi die?

3. What health problem had complicated Yue Daiyun's pregnancy?

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

5. What was Yue Daiyun's job during the famine in Zhaitang?

(see the answer key)

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