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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In what was Yu-Fang's father buried?
(a) A pit of bodies.
(b) A cedar box.
(c) A fancy urn.
(d) An old suitcase.

4. What were the General's final actions before his death?
(a) He released Yu-Fang from her status as a concubine.
(b) He ordered his wife to let Yu-Fang keep her baby.
(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.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Why would a widowed woman kill herself before being married to a second husband?

5. What is De-hong's first impression of Wang Yu?

(see the answer key)

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