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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Chairman Mao seem to be encouraging in 1956?
(a) Individuality.
(b) A move to the right.
(c) Capitalism
(d) Open criticism of the Communist party.

3. What is sent out to announce a baby's one-month anniversary?
(a) Party invitations.
(b) Fortune cookies.
(c) Red kites.
(d) Red-dyed eggs.

4. How were landlords punished in the village of Jiangxi during land reform?
(a) They were killed.
(b) They were harassed.
(c) They were beaten.
(d) They were sent away.

5. What song did Yue Daiyun's brother use to comfort her while she was being criticized?
(a) "My Old Kentucky Home."
(b) "I Dream of Jeannie."
(c) "La Marseille."
(d) "La Donna est Mobile."

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

7. What were Old Aunt and Old Uncle's parting gifts to Yue Daiyun?
(a) Walnuts and apricots.
(b) Apricots and rice.
(c) Eggs and walnuts.
(d) Rice and eggs.

8. What challenging assignment was Yue Daiyun given upon her return to teaching?
(a) Developing a political writing course.
(b) Explicating Tang dynasty literature.
(c) Teaching modern literature.
(d) Teaching Chinese to foreign students.

9. What unexpected speaker came to the meeting on July 22 during the student struggles?
(a) Tao Zhu.
(b) Jiang Qing.
(c) Chairman Mao.
(d) Mao Anqing.

10. What does Yue Daiyun do to comfort the injured Lao Shi?
(a) Massages his injured back.
(b) Prepares buns from white flour.
(c) Smuggles cookies to him.
(d) Tells him funny stories.

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

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

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

14. What work assignment did Yue Daiyun receive upon returning to Beida after her two-year absence?
(a) Cutting stencils for supplementary materials.
(b) Writing commentaries on poems of the Tang dynasty.
(c) Teaching first-year students in literary history.
(d) Working as a librarian.

15. 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 capitalist exploitation.
(d) It was unfair to those who slacked in their work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Yue Daiyun's overriding reaction to her two years as a peasant worker?

2. What was the religion of the peasant family to whom Yue Daiyun was assigned in Xiaohongmen?

3. Why did Old Uncle say that he shared food with Yue Daiyun rather than eating it himself?

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

5. Why was Yue Daiyun's long-awaited home visit depressing?

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