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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why would a Chinese man have to bow to a Japanese child?
(a) It was part of the truce China had made with Japan long ago.
(b) The Chinese respected youth and vitality.
(c) It was a sign of prosperity and health between the nations.
(d) Japan was in control of China and held a very cruel reign over them.

2. What would women be scorned for if their feet were not bound as children?
(a) Able bodies.
(b) Uncleanness.
(c) Hardened feet.
(d) Large feet.

3. What was Yang Ru-shan's main duty in life?
(a) To make the farm prosper.
(b) To care for his elderly parents.
(c) To produce male heirs.
(d) To expand the family fortune.

4. Why was Yu-Fang's father so desperate for money?
(a) His wife was ill and needed treatment.
(b) His farm was about to be re-possessed.
(c) He wanted a concubine of his own.
(d) His last crop had been a poor one, and he was starving.

5. How did Yu-Fang keep her daughter when the General's wife wanted her?
(a) She sold all her finery and bought the baby.
(b) She sued the General's wife for custody.
(c) She kidnapped her.
(d) She got the General to order his wife to let Yu-Fang keep the baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Yang Ru-shan's one valuable asset?

2. What happened to the Japanese people who remained in China after they had been defeated?

3. Why did Lin's husband pass her around to family members?

4. Why did Dr. Xia's son have to run away, never to be heard from again?

5. In what was Yu-Fang's father buried?

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