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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 a neighbor tell Er-hong about the Kuomintang that confuses her?
(a) They were better leaders.
(b) They were not always cruel.
(c) They were closely linked with the Communists.
(d) They were righteous and good-hearted.

2. How long are De-hong and Wang Yu separated when he is transferred to Yibin?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 2 weeks.
(d) 4 months.

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

4. Without whom does Jung say she would not have survived the Revolution?
(a) Her siblings.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her friends.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Xiao-fang is wrongly accused of harming another girl?

2. Why does Er-hong ask her father for a new name?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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