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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After seeing so much wrong with the Red Guard after their vindictive assaults, what are Jung's feelings about Mao?
(a) She wonders if he knows what is really happening.
(b) She resents him and feels cheated.
(c) She feels that he is not being best served by this group.
(d) She still believes wholeheartedly in him.

3. Why is Xiao-hei so distant from his parents?
(a) He complains about having to work with iron at school.
(b) He is veering his life in a "rightist" direction.
(c) He speaks out against the party at home.
(d) Fang-Yu pays more attention to him than they do.

4. Why would a widowed woman kill herself before being married to a second husband?
(a) She feared being cut in half as a result of having two men lay claim to her.
(b) She would be cursed in the afterlife.
(c) It was a sign of dishonor.
(d) It was the custom of the time.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Yu-Fang to go and see the General after she had refused a number of times?

2. What causes the Red Guard to hesitate in continuing their violent tactics?

3. What was the reaction of one of the philosophy teachers that was confronted by the Red Guard and commanded to bow?

4. What is the instrument called that Yu-Fang played so well for the General?

5. What does Jin-ming do to learn more about the Western societies?

(see the answer key)

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