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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 job during the famine in Zhaitang?
(a) Grinding corncobs to make flour.
(b) Pitting walnuts.
(c) Collecting apricot pits for oil.
(d) Caring for pigs.

2. What does the name "Xiao" mean in Mandarin Chinese?
(a) "Dear."
(b) "Grand."
(c) "Small."
(d) "Son."

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

4. What were the "triple evils" to be eliminated in 1957?
(a) Objectivism, Confucianism, and sectarianism.
(b) Bureaucratism, cretinism, and subjectivism.
(c) Sectarianism, bureaucratism, and socialism.
(d) Subjectivism, sectarianism, and bureaucratism.

5. Why were many Chinese angry at the U.S. in 1951?
(a) They were appalled by American selfishness.
(b) They disagreed with American democracy.
(c) They were jealous of American prosperity.
(d) They expected an American invasion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of workers charged as rightists were work units expected to unveil in 1958?

2. How did Lao Shi die?

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

4. What is the "white and expert way"?

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

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