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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is a kang?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A sleeping bag.
(c) A heated sleeping platform.
(d) A sleeping mat.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was returning to Beijing in 1966 disheartening for Yue Daiyun?

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

3. What were the "triple evils" to be eliminated in 1957?

4. What work assignment did Yue Daiyun receive upon returning to Beida after her two-year absence?

5. How many employees at China Information Headquarters were found to be politically untrustworthy during the Four Clean-Ups?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Yue Dainyun feel worse on returning from the countryside in 1966 than she had when returning in 1960?

2. What was the job of the sent-down cadres in the countryside?

3. What is the "theory of revolutionary inheritance"?

4. Why did Yue Daiyun support Party policy above her own conscience?

5. What was unusual for Yue Daiyun about the National Day Celebration in 1963?

6. What advice does Lao Wei give Yue Daiyun about survival in the countryside?

7. What attracted Yue Daiyun to Lao Tang?

8. In 1976, what did the students do to Yue Daiyun's home?

9. Why did the famine of 1959 change Yue Daiyun's opinion of the Communist Party?

10. Why was Yue Daiyun to be criticized while on maternity leave?

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