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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where were the Chinese literature students sent to work?
(a) In libraries.
(b) On dam sites.
(c) On farms.
(d) In coal mines.

2. What physical difficulty was brought on for Yue Daiyun and others by the famine in Zhaitang?
(a) Diarrhea.
(b) Vomiting.
(c) Constipation.
(d) Fainting.

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

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

5. What did the students use for hats on the academicians they publicly paraded?
(a) Dunce caps.
(b) Handmade caps.
(c) Blindfolds.
(d) Wastebaskets.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lao Wei counsel Yue Daiyun to do to redeem herself with the party?

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

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

4. What new family responsibility did Yue Daiyun assume at her mother-in-law's request?

5. How did night meetings at the commune in Zhaitang attempt to educate the peasants?

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