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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does Yu-Fang wait to see her General again after her first interaction with him?
(a) Six years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three months.
(d) Two years.

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

3. What were the only two things that Chinese people were allowed to eat?
(a) Rice and sorghum.
(b) Acorn meal and sorghum.
(c) Rice and bread.
(d) Acorn meal and rice.

4. What does Chang Shou-yu overhear in a conversation that he is torn about reporting?
(a) A woman asking another woman to give her a secret abortion.
(b) Two men saying Mao should be replaced.
(c) Two men discussing complaints about the Communist ruling.
(d) A woman asking a man to take her on as his concubine and feed her children.

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

6. What does Jin-ming do to learn more about the Western societies?
(a) He asks far too many questions and is often reprimanded.
(b) He borrows his teacher's books and manuals.
(c) He scours scientific magazines.
(d) He steals newspapers.

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

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

9. Why would a Chinese man have to bow to a Japanese child?
(a) It was part of the truce China had made with Japan long ago.
(b) Japan was in control of China and held a very cruel reign over them.
(c) It was a sign of prosperity and health between the nations.
(d) The Chinese respected youth and vitality.

10. Who helps a pregnant De-hong hide while they are on a raid?
(a) Another pregnant woman.
(b) A Communist comrade.
(c) A Kuomingtang chieftain.
(d) A local farmer.

11. 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) It was a sign of dishonor.
(c) It was the custom of the time.
(d) She would be cursed in the afterlife.

12. What was Er -hong's reaction when De-hong visited her at her boarding school?
(a) She was afraid to let go of her hand.
(b) She spat in her face and ran away to her teacher.
(c) She refused to acknowledge her as her mother.
(d) She gave her a note she had written expressing her fears.

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

14. With what are the people of China commanded to replace their grass and flowers?
(a) Cabbage and cotton.
(b) Wheat and corn.
(c) Peaches and pears.
(d) Rice and wheat.

15. Why are Dr. Xia's children angry with the match between Yu-Fang and their father?
(a) They are upset about the age difference.
(b) They dissapprove of her former life as a concubine.
(c) They are afraid Yu-Fang will take over their fortune.
(d) They do not respect her family heritage.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Wang Yu refuse to let De-hong have the driver take her home?

3. What was Yang Ru-shan's one valuable asset?

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

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

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