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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Er-hong do to avoid going to the nursery during the days.
(a) Excels at her studies.
(b) Screams and kicks.
(c) Sneaks away.
(d) Falls 'ill.'

4. Why did Yu-Fang need assistance when standing up?
(a) She was recovering from an illness.
(b) It was the custom of the time.
(c) She wanted to appear dainty.
(d) She was crippled by her bound feet.

5. What are the Chinese children doing while at school during the famine?
(a) Gathering and melting down scrap metal.
(b) Working in the fields.
(c) Memorizing Communist creeds.
(d) Sitting and doing nothing to learn self-discipline.

6. Who allows De-hong to read novels, attend the cinema, and wear colored blouses under her uniform?
(a) General Xue.
(b) Wang Yu.
(c) Mrs. Ting's husband.
(d) Chang Shou-yu.

7. Why are De-hong's children sent to boarding schools?
(a) The party wanted them trained to be loyal at an early age.
(b) Their nurses were all found to be unsuitable.
(c) De-hong fell ill and was not able to care for them.
(d) It was the law under the Communist reign.

8. 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) Spreads rumors throughout the town about Yu-Fang having a venereal disease.
(c) Shoots himself in the stomach.
(d) Legally removes himself from his father's family lineage.

9. Why does Chang Shou-yu refuse to send his pregnant sick wife to a larger hospital?
(a) He wants no special treatment.
(b) He would like to be there for the birth of his child and could not follow her to another hospital.
(c) He does not want to move De-hong in her fragile state.
(d) He fears a larger hospital will have more infections.

10. Why can Chang Shou-yu buy toys and books, but not food?
(a) He was commanded to do so by the party.
(b) He feels that feeding the mind is more important.
(c) Food is much more expensive.
(d) There is no food; it was not planted or harvested.

11. What is the instrument called that Yu-Fang played so well for the General?
(a) Qin.
(b) Xin.
(c) Lute.
(d) Harp.

12. What is so different about Yu-Fang and Dr. Xia's relationship frommost others of the time?
(a) They truly loved each other.
(b) There was a large age difference.
(c) Yu-Fang had been married before.
(d) It was not arranged.

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

14. Why does Chang Shou-yu leave a sightseeing trip early?
(a) He is homesick.
(b) He gets news of his wife being sick.
(c) He hears of a threat against Mao.
(d) He has business to attend to.

15. What happened to the Japanese people who remained in China after they had been defeated?
(a) They were killed or committed suicide.
(b) They were left alone.
(c) They were respected for the help they gave.
(d) They were hanged in public trials.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dr. Xia's son do to convince Yu-Fang and him to move out?

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

3. In what was Yu-Fang's father buried?

4. What is Chang Shou-yu's nickname for Er-hong?

5. Why does Wang Yu's sister take over the care for De-hong's daughter?

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