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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is happening to De-hong when her husband refuses to let her have a driver take her home from the opera?
(a) She is frightened by the images on stage.
(b) She is suffering a nervous breakdown.
(c) She is having a miscarriage.
(d) She is considering leaving her husband.

3. What did the vivid picture show that Yu-Fang told De-hong would be the consequence of lying?
(a) A woman with a horrible disease that has caused boils all over her face.
(b) A man getting his tongue ripped out.
(c) A tiger eating a man's head.
(d) A man bursting into flames and screaming in pain.

4. 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 labeled a thought criminal.
(c) He was spreading Communist literature.
(d) He failed to bow to a Japanese boy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does De-hong say it would be like if he mails his letter?

2. What happens with the newspapers before the revolution that confirm Mao's concern that he is losing power?

3. Why did Lin's husband pass her around to family members?

4. What was Mao's goal in sending the middle school children to the country?

5. What does twelve-year-old Xiao-hei do that is so different from other children of high officials?

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