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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Dr. Xia's son have to run away, never to be heard from again?
(a) He failed to bow to a Japanese boy.
(b) He was spreading Communist literature.
(c) He was tired of the harsh life in the city and fled to find a simpler existence.
(d) He was labeled a thought criminal.

2. Why was Yu-Fang afraid of her own servants?
(a) They were cruel to her.
(b) She was seen as lower than a servant.
(c) She did not want them to spread lies about her.
(d) They threatened to steal her baby when she was not looking.

3. Why does De-hong feel as though she has let Hui-ge down?
(a) She cannot stop his execution.
(b) He was wrongly accused, and no one would believe the truth that De Hong knew.
(c) She could not deliver a message he tried to send to his family.
(d) She let him believe she cared for him.

4. What is De-hong's chief job at the Public Affairs Department?
(a) To submit paperwork for new names of the people.
(b) To allot new homes and estates to new citizens.
(c) To feed the people.
(d) To swear people into office.

5. What were the General's final actions before his death?
(a) He ordered his wife to let Yu-Fang keep her baby.
(b) He released Yu-Fang from her status as a concubine.
(c) He declared to Yu-Fang that he loved her more than he loved his real wife.
(d) He left all his belongings to his wife and shunned Yu-Fang.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who allows De-hong to read novels, attend the cinema, and wear colored blouses under her uniform?

2. Why was Yu-Fang's father so desperate for money?

3. What does Dr. Xia's son do to convince Yu-Fang and him to move out?

4. What happens to De-hong's classmate when she is found with Communist literature?

5. What does Dr. Xia's oldest son do after his father beats him for being disrespectful about Yu-Fang?

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