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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Xia's oldest son do after his father beats him for being disrespectful about Yu-Fang?
(a) Shoots himself in the stomach.
(b) Runs away, never to be heard from again.
(c) Spreads rumors throughout the town about Yu-Fang having a venereal disease.
(d) Legally removes himself from his father's family lineage.

2. Why are Dr. Xia's children angry with the match between Yu-Fang and their father?
(a) They are afraid Yu-Fang will take over their fortune.
(b) They are upset about the age difference.
(c) They do not respect her family heritage.
(d) They dissapprove of her former life as a concubine.

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

4. What did the letter to Yu-Fang from General Xue's wife say?
(a) It berated her for her hateful ways and dishonored her family.
(b) It ordered her to leave the house the General had given her.
(c) It was a legal order for her to give any future children to the Xue household.
(d) It was a summons for her to come work in the fields of labor at the Xue plantations.

5. What does Yu-Fang do to pass the time in her loneliness?
(a) Reads and plays Mah Jong.
(b) Writes love letters to her General.
(c) Visits with her family.
(d) Holds parties at her home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Er -hong's reaction when De-hong visited her at her boarding school?

2. Why does De-hong refuse so many marriage proposals?

3. About what does Wang Yu ask De-hong for permission to write the Communist leaders?

4. How did Yu-Fang keep her daughter when the General's wife wanted her?

5. What were the only two things that Chinese people were allowed to eat?

(see the answer key)

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