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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the first "To the Storm"?
(a) A novel by Stendhal.
(b) A poem written by Yue Daiyun.
(c) A song written by Sun Yat-Sen.
(d) A chapter from Chairman Mao's Red Book.

3. How did night meetings at the commune in Zhaitang attempt to educate the peasants?
(a) By reading newspapers to them.
(b) By purchasing textbooks for them.
(c) By turning on radio news broadcasts for them.
(d) By teaching them basic literacy.

4. What new family responsibility did Yue Daiyun assume at her mother-in-law's request?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Child care.
(c) Family finances.
(d) Housecleaning.

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

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

7. Why was Yue Daiyun relieved of her teaching duties in 1965?
(a) She had written an essay that was critical of the system.
(b) She had made a poster criticizing the Four Clean-Ups.
(c) She had praised a student essay that was critical of the system.
(d) She had taught students that the Three Red Banners were incorrect.

8. Why was Yue Daiyun's sister-in-law's father imprisoned?
(a) For listening to foreign radio stations.
(b) For condemning Chairman Mao.
(c) For trying to leave China.
(d) For condemning Communist policies.

9. Why did Old Uncle say that he shared food with Yue Daiyun rather than eating it himself?
(a) She was new to hunger, but he was used to it.
(b) He had plenty of food stored away.
(c) She needed her strength to work.
(d) He didn't have much of an appetite.

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

11. What physical affliction had Yue Daiyun's father-in-law suffered in her two-year absence?
(a) Debilitating high blood pressure.
(b) A paralyzing stroke.
(c) Memory loss.
(d) Heart failure.

12. How many people in Beida had been declared rightists in 1958?
(a) Seven hundred students.
(b) One hundred students and 500 faculty members.
(c) Three hundred faculty members.
(d) Five hundred students and 100 faculty members.

13. How was Lao Wei exonerated from the rightist charge against him?
(a) The peasants spoke in his behalf.
(b) He made a false confession.
(c) Yue Daiyun proved the criticisms wrong.
(d) His cadre affirmed his good work habits.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What policy sent Yue Daiyun to the countryside in 1965?

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

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

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

5. What was Yue Daiyun's job during the famine in Zhaitang?

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