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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Yue Daiyun refuse expensive wedding gifts?
(a) She was a simple person.
(b) She was embarrassed by her family's prosperity.
(c) She wanted her wedding to be a revolutionary occasion.
(d) She knew her friends and family had limited resources.

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

3. What disillusioned Yue Daiyun on her trip to the Soviet Union?
(a) She wasn't allowed to visit Red Square.
(b) The Chinese visitors were not considered equals.
(c) The Chinese visitors were rudely treated.
(d) She observed social inequality.

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

5. What is an "ayi?"
(a) A Communist party leader.
(b) An aunt.
(c) A domestic helper.
(d) A grandmother.

6. Who were alleged to be Black Gang members?
(a) Anyone putting up incendiary posters.
(b) Anyone acquainted with Nie Yuanzi.
(c) Anyone connected with Lu Ping.
(d) Anyone connected to Lao Tang.

7. Why did Yue Daiyun's sister-in-law insist that the family separate during meals?
(a) She wanted to draw a line between her and Yue Daiyun.
(b) She didn't have time to prepare meals for the whole group.
(c) Lao Tang had been declared a "big black element."
(d) The children were affected by family arguments.

8. How did Chairman Mao refer to Nie Yuanzi?
(a) As an enemy of the people.
(b) As the voice of the future.
(c) As a remnant of the capitalist road.
(d) As the first Red Banner.

9. What was Yue Daiyun's assignment during the Four Clean-Ups?
(a) Identify bourgeois thinking in foreign literature.
(b) Identify peasants as heroes in newspaper and magazine articles.
(c) Identify sympathy toward villains in newspaper and magazine articles.
(d) Identify exemplary thinking in foreign literature.

10. Why was paying workers according to production criticized?
(a) It led to decreased overall yield.
(b) It favored those who worked hardest.
(c) It was unfair to those who slacked in their work.
(d) It was capitalist exploitation.

11. How does the bride approach her husband's home in Chinese tradition?
(a) She walks alone.
(b) She walks with her relatives.
(c) She is carried there.
(d) She walks with her groom.

12. Under what conditions were Yue Daiyun's parents allowed to buy property?
(a) It must represent 80% of the owner's wealth.
(b) It could not be rented or resold.
(c) It must represent the owner's only holding.
(d) It must be purchased from the Communist party.

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

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

15. According to Chinese legend, why does a baby smile for the first time?
(a) To greet its parents.
(b) To thank the gods for its life.
(c) To bid farewell to the goddess guarding it.
(d) To celebrate its first month on earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was "Contemporary Heroes"?

2. What effect did the Four Clean-Ups campaign have on Yue Daiyun's thinking?

3. What is a cadre?

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

5. What were Old Aunt and Old Uncle's parting gifts to Yue Daiyun?

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