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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the name "Lao" mean in Mandarin Chinese?
(a) "Baby."
(b) "Friend."
(c) "Old."
(d) "Sweet."

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

3. What is a cadre?
(a) A revolutionary trainer.
(b) A revolutionary trainee.
(c) An informant.
(d) A prisoner.

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

5. What was the first criticism of Lao Tang at the Beida Youth League Congress?
(a) Supporting rightist teachers.
(b) Teaching capitalist ideas.
(c) Killing frogs who were interrupting the music.
(d) Staying up all night talking with Yue Daiyun.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why did Old Uncle say that he shared food with Yue Daiyun rather than eating it himself?

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

4. What is an "ayi?"

5. How many people was Yue Daiyun required to identify as rightists?

(see the answer key)

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