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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Wang Yu refuse to let De-hong have the driver take her home?
(a) He did not want her to travel alone with another man.
(b) He was fearful of what the Communist leaders would think.
(c) It was against customs to leave a performance early.
(d) The driver was enjoying the opera.

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

3. About what does Wang Yu ask De-hong for permission to write the Communist leaders?
(a) To study under her father.
(b) To remove her mother from the "watch list."
(c) To talk about love.
(d) To move to her unit.

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

5. How many times did De-hong's husband contact her during her six-month incarceration?
(a)
(b) 6
(c) 24
(d) 12

6. What does Fang-Yu do to make a meal for her daughter?
(a) Steals food from a neighbor.
(b) Gleans rice from the fields to cook.
(c) Begs food off the street.
(d) Sells jewlery to buy food to cook.

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

8. What did the vivid picture show that Yu-Fang told De-hong would be the consequence of lying?
(a) A man getting his tongue ripped out.
(b) A man bursting into flames and screaming in pain.
(c) A woman with a horrible disease that has caused boils all over her face.
(d) A tiger eating a man's head.

9. What is the Chinese dream according to Wang Yu?
(a) To bring happiness and wealth to one's family and village.
(b) To find a loving wife and a happy home.
(c) To gain power and authority.
(d) To leave home penniless and return home robed in embroidered silk.

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) Look their elders in the eyes.
(c) Read newspapers.
(d) Talk about Western propoganda.

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

12. 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 do not respect her family heritage.
(c) They dissapprove of her former life as a concubine.
(d) They are afraid Yu-Fang will take over their fortune.

13. What did Dr. Xia give a man that led to his imprisonment and eventual death?
(a) Communist literature.
(b) Directions to a black market trading post.
(c) Opium.
(d) Rice from the black market.

14. Where does De-hong's family move to be better protected from the military looting?
(a) Inside the city walls.
(b) A small village on the coast.
(c) A small house on the Kuomintang base.
(d) The home of a Kuomintang officer.

15. For what was Dr. Xia called to treat Yu-Fang?
(a) An opium addiction.
(b) A broken leg from work in the field.
(c) A nervous breakdown.
(d) A failed pregnancy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Er-hong do to show her father how humble she is?

2. What happens to De-hong's classmate when she is found with Communist literature?

3. How does Pei-o die?

4. What does Chang Shou-yu overhear in a conversation that he is torn about reporting?

5. What does Wang Yu do during their journey that disillusions De-hong about their marriage?

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