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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was the poet Lin Zhao executed?
(a) Distributing underground literature.
(b) Poor quality poems.
(c) Attacking Chairman Mao's policies.
(d) Secret subversive activity.

2. Why did Yue Daiyun relate to her sister-in-law's father?
(a) They were both condemned as rightists.
(b) They were the same age.
(c) They were from the same home town.
(d) They were both appalled at the elaborate wedding ceremony.

3. What is the traditional baby gift given by a Chinese maternal grandmother?
(a) A cradle and playpen.
(b) A keepsake baby cup.
(c) A complete layette for the first year.
(d) A stroller and carseat.

4. What term was given to those whose parents were landlords?
(a) "Stinking rich."
(b) "Alien class element."
(c) "Counter-revolutionary."
(d) "Secret capitalist."

5. What was the rationale for putting literature students to hard physical labor?
(a) To get them away from violence on campus.
(b) To help them understand and unite with the workers.
(c) To help them develop better physical conditioning.
(d) To provide them material about which to write.

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

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

8. What effect did the Four Clean-Ups campaign have on Yue Daiyun's thinking?
(a) She was bitterly opposed to the program.
(b) She felt bewildered.
(c) She at last saw her path clearly.
(d) She felt determined to support the program.

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

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

11. How did Lao Shi die?
(a) He fell from a walnut tree.
(b) He commited suicide.
(c) He was accidentally shot.
(d) He was beaten to death while attempting to escape to Burma.

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

13. What first shook Yue Daiyun's faith in the Communist party?
(a) Realizing that the famine in 1959 was manmade.
(b) Being forced to criticize others.
(c) Facing criticism as a rightist.
(d) Criticism of Lao Tang's friendship with her.

14. Who were the first enemies of the Communists to be punished by being publicly paraded?
(a) Revolutionaries.
(b) Political figures.
(c) Landlords.
(d) Merchants.

15. How many employees at China Information Headquarters were found to be politically untrustworthy during the Four Clean-Ups?
(a) Two-thirds.
(b) One-half.
(c) One-third.
(d) One in ten.

Short Answer Questions

1. How were landlords punished in the village of Jiangxi during land reform?

2. How did Chairman Mao refer to Nie Yuanzi?

3. What was Yue Daiyun's favorite pastime while she wandered in the mountains of Zhaitang?

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

5. According to Chinese legend, why does a baby smile for the first time?

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