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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jung's sister do that Jung thinks is disloyal to her parents?
(a) She joins a dance troupe.
(b) She sells books on the black market.
(c) She has a boyfriend.
(d) She joins a street gang.

2. With what are the people of China commanded to replace their grass and flowers?
(a) Wheat and corn.
(b) Rice and wheat.
(c) Cabbage and cotton.
(d) Peaches and pears.

3. What happens when Xiao-fang is wrongly accused of harming another girl?
(a) He runs away to avoid punishment.
(b) He becomes very sick.
(c) He stops playing with other children.
(d) He joins a street gang.

4. What causes Mao to have school children do eye strengthening exercises?
(a) He fears they will overburden themselves before they are of a more useful age.
(b) He sees too many children wearing glasses.
(c) He reads a study that says these exercises will increase intelligence.
(d) He wants the teachers to think he cares about the children.

5. What does twelve-year-old Xiao-hei do that is so different from other children of high officials?
(a) Joins a street gang.
(b) Buys and sells books on the black market.
(c) Goes to college.
(d) Speaks out against the Revolution.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is happening to De-hong when her husband refuses to let her have a driver take her home from the opera?

2. Why would it have been dangerous to be caught with a poem?

3. Why does Wang Yu refuse to let De-hong have the driver take her home?

4. Why do De-hong and her husband have to walk to their new transfer site?

5. What were the first words De-hong spoke when she woke up in the hospital?

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