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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens with the newspapers before the revolution that confirm Mao's concern that he is losing power?
(a) An anonymous article is written against him.
(b) An article Mao wrote is not published immediately.
(c) A new column is placed that questions certain leaders.
(d) Some old Kuomintang officers are allowed to work there.

2. Why does the man at the teahouse not leave while it is being torn apart?
(a) He is hoping to scare the young people with his serenity.
(b) He is holding his own sort of protest.
(c) It is his teahouse; he has nowhere else to go.
(d) His time at the teahouse is his only hour of peace.

3. What does Chang Shou-yu suggest that De-hong do in order to protect his children?
(a) Move in with her mother.
(b) Hide in a country village.
(c) Join him in his efforts.
(d) Divorce him.

4. Why was Yu-Fang's father so desperate for money?
(a) His last crop had been a poor one, and he was starving.
(b) His wife was ill and needed treatment.
(c) His farm was about to be re-possessed.
(d) He wanted a concubine of his own.

5. Why does Wang Yu refuse to let De-hong have the driver take her home?
(a) It was against customs to leave a performance early.
(b) He was fearful of what the Communist leaders would think.
(c) The driver was enjoying the opera.
(d) He did not want her to travel alone with another man.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did De-hong live with her parents after her transfer instead of her husband?

2. What are the Chinese children doing while at school during the famine?

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

4. Why do Jun-ying and a maid move in with Fang-Yu?

5. What is Yu-lin studying to become?

(see the answer key)

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