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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was "Contemporary Heroes"?
(a) A literary magazine.
(b) A blog.
(c) An underground newspaper.
(d) A foreign novel.

3. How did Yue Daiyun learn to carry water?
(a) In handheld buckets.
(b) In a wheelbarrow.
(c) On a shoulder pole.
(d) On her head.

4. What term was given to those whose parents were landlords?
(a) "Secret capitalist."
(b) "Counter-revolutionary."
(c) "Stinking rich."
(d) "Alien class element."

5. How were landlords punished in the village of Jiangxi during land reform?
(a) They were harassed.
(b) They were beaten.
(c) They were sent away.
(d) They were killed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Lao Wei advise Yue Daiyun to deal with the cadres?

3. What did Chairman Mao seem to be encouraging in 1956?

4. What physical difficulty was brought on for Yue Daiyun and others by the famine in Zhaitang?

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

(see the answer key)

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