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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Yue Daiyun's first assigned task at the commune in Zhaitang?
(a) Collecting rocks to build a dam.
(b) Preparing breakfast for the group.
(c) Drawing water.
(d) Collecting clay to mix with coal for the fire.

2. 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 that exploitation would begin again.
(c) They were afraid of the responsibility of ownership.
(d) They were afraid of receiving the same retribution as their former landlords.

3. Why did Yue Daiyun draw a line between herself and her husband's family?
(a) They were unlearned peasants.
(b) They were bourgeois intellectuals.
(c) They were unkind to her.
(d) They were outspoken anti-Communists.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what did Lao Pan accuse Yue Daiyun?

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

3. Where were the Chinese literature students sent to work?

4. What physical affliction had Yue Daiyun's father-in-law suffered in her two-year absence?

5. What first shook Yue Daiyun's faith in the Communist party?

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