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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was Jin-ming's response when De-hong visited him at his boarding school?
(a) He was afraid to show too much affection and be considered weak.
(b) He took her on a tour of his school.
(c) He would not acknowledge her as his mother.
(d) He clung to her side and cried.

4. What is one thing that Chang Shou-yu will NOT let his children do in order to teach them ethic responsibility?
(a) Read newspapers.
(b) Look their elders in the eyes.
(c) Talk about Western propoganda.
(d) Sit in front of teachers at performances or movies.

5. Why does Er-hong ask her father for a new name?
(a) She wants her name to mean something more than swan.
(b) She wants something that sounds more militant.
(c) She is being made fun of at school.
(d) It is popular to have a name change at this age.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are De-hong's children sent to boarding schools?

2. What was Yang Ru-shan's main duty in life?

3. What does Er-hong do to avoid going to the nursery during the days.

4. Of what is Mao afraid?

5. Why do people not throw away their newspapers?

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