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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. How did the Kuomintang view the Chinese people?
(a) Slaves who owed them love and respect.
(b) Skilled craftsmen.
(c) Kindly people with no military force.
(d) Bugs to be squashed.

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

6. Why did De-hong live with her parents after her transfer instead of her husband?
(a) Married couples were only allowed to be together on Saturdays.
(b) They were considering a divorce at the time.
(c) The Communist party only allowed a certain number of people to be in one home.
(d) Wang Yu was not transferred and had to stay in Yibin.

7. 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 suffering a nervous breakdown.
(b) She is frightened by the images on stage.
(c) She is considering leaving her husband.
(d) She is having a miscarriage.

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

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

10. What does Wang Yu do during their journey that disillusions De-hong about their marriage?
(a) Mocks her for her slow pace.
(b) Talks at length with other women in the party.
(c) Speaks ill of her family and friends.
(d) Accepts a ride in a jeep when she must walk.

11. What does Dr. Xia's son do to convince Yu-Fang and him to move out?
(a) He attacks Yu-Fang.
(b) He beats his father senseless.
(c) He pushes De-hong down a dry well.
(d) He threatens to kill himself.

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

13. What does Yu-Fang do to pass the time in her loneliness?
(a) Visits with her family.
(b) Writes love letters to her General.
(c) Holds parties at her home.
(d) Reads and plays Mah Jong.

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

15. What does Mao do to "smoke out the dissidents"?
(a) Offers rewards for information on traitor family members.
(b) Presents an "anonymous" complaint forum.
(c) Encourages intellectuals to challenge their leaders.
(d) Allows people to act beyond their class.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many concubines does the governor have?

2. What does the Governor do to honor Dr. Xia for his excellent treatments?

3. What does Er-hong do to avoid going to the nursery during the days.

4. How does Yu-Wu help the Communist movement?

5. What was Yang Ru-shan's main duty in life?

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