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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was Fang-Yu busy with while De-hong was being incarcerated?
(a) The sale of Dr. Xia's medical practice.
(b) A long-needed vacation to air her lungs and return her health.
(c) A research project with Dr. Xia.
(d) Destroying all documents that would connect her with the Kuomintang.

4. Why does Wang Yu's sister take over the care for De-hong's daughter?
(a) De-hong hits her child.
(b) She is barren and begs for the priviledge to care for a child.
(c) De-hong is too involved in her work.
(d) She feels a deep spiritual connection with the baby.

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

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

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

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

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

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

11. 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 failed to bow to a Japanese boy.
(d) He was labeled a thought criminal.

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

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

14. Why are the Governor's wives unable to bear children?
(a) They are all too young to bear children.
(b) The wives secretly and purposely end all pregnancies.
(c) The Governor is infertile.
(d) The wives all share a disease that makes them infertile.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises the people about the Communist siege?

2. What was Jin-ming's response when De-hong visited him at his boarding school?

3. What is the Chinese dream according to Wang Yu?

4. Why did Yu-Fang need assistance when standing up?

5. Why does Chang Shou-yu leave a sightseeing trip early?

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