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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Dr. Xia's oldest son do after his father beats him for being disrespectful about Yu-Fang?
(a) Runs away, never to be heard from again.
(b) Legally removes himself from his father's family lineage.
(c) Spreads rumors throughout the town about Yu-Fang having a venereal disease.
(d) Shoots himself in the stomach.

2. What does Er-hong do to show her father how humble she is?
(a) She gives of her allowance to underprivileged children.
(b) She gets embarrassed when she is seen by her teacher in a limo.
(c) She never speaks bad of other people and always finds something nice to say.
(d) She asks her father to tell her what she can do to improve herself.

3. What does Chang Shou-yu NOT allow at the funeral?
(a) A long procession.
(b) Monks playing instruments.
(c) An intricate coffin.
(d) A psaltery choir.

4. What did Bao Qin enjoy about her experience at Junior High?
(a) Sports.
(b) Music lessons.
(c) Reading and writing.
(d) Homely tasks.

5. What sickness does De-hong contract while working in the factories?
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Herpes.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Influenza.

6. What is De-hong studying to become?
(a) A teacher.
(b) A midwife.
(c) A Communist.
(d) A wife.

7. What is Chang Shou-yu's nickname for Er-hong?
(a) Communist Cutie.
(b) Tiny Terror.
(c) Little Diplomat.
(d) Little Leader.

8. Why does De-hong feel as though she has let Hui-ge down?
(a) She let him believe she cared for him.
(b) He was wrongly accused, and no one would believe the truth that De Hong knew.
(c) She could not deliver a message he tried to send to his family.
(d) She cannot stop his execution.

9. What crashes into De-hong's house?
(a) A military jeep.
(b) A truck full of Communist prisoners.
(c) A dud bomb shell.
(d) A car with Kuomintang officers inside.

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

11. What was De-hong's response to Chang Shou-yu's early return from his sightseeing trip?
(a) She does not allow him in the house.
(b) She calls him a "silly old thing."
(c) She makes a special meal in honor of his return.
(d) She complains that he cares more for the party than for her.

12. Why is Er-hong so interested in being helpful to everyone she meets?
(a) She is taught that a helpful attitude will bring her love and prosperity.
(b) It is very popular to be helpful.
(c) She feels loyalty to the party at an early age.
(d) She feels pity for her aged grandmother.

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

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

15. What does a neighbor tell Er-hong about the Kuomintang that confuses her?
(a) They were not always cruel.
(b) They were righteous and good-hearted.
(c) They were better leaders.
(d) They were closely linked with the Communists.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Pei-o die?

2. Why were De-hong and Wang Yu forced to "self-admonishment"?

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

4. What was Fang-Yu busy with while De-hong was being incarcerated?

5. What has Er-hong been taught about the children in the Western countries?

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