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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How old was Wang Yu when his father died?
(a) 10
(b) 25
(c) 2
(d) 13

6. What did the letter to Yu-Fang from General Xue's wife say?
(a) It was a legal order for her to give any future children to the Xue household.
(b) It was a summons for her to come work in the fields of labor at the Xue plantations.
(c) It ordered her to leave the house the General had given her.
(d) It berated her for her hateful ways and dishonored her family.

7. What would women be scorned for if their feet were not bound as children?
(a) Uncleanness.
(b) Large feet.
(c) Hardened feet.
(d) Able bodies.

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

9. What causes Mao to have school children do eye strengthening exercises?
(a) He sees too many children wearing glasses.
(b) He wants the teachers to think he cares about the children.
(c) He fears they will overburden themselves before they are of a more useful age.
(d) He reads a study that says these exercises will increase intelligence.

10. 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.

11. Where did De-hong see Wang Yu before actually meeting him?
(a) On a wanted poster.
(b) At the celebration feast for the Communist victory.
(c) In a secret meeting of officials.
(d) In a crowded Communist rally.

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

13. What does the Governor do to honor Dr. Xia for his excellent treatments?
(a) Blesses Yu-Fang to bear a great son.
(b) Gives him a large portion of the palace in which to live.
(c) Holds processions for him.
(d) Raises his status in the community.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mao do to "smoke out the dissidents"?

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

3. What did Dr. Xia give a man that led to his imprisonment and eventual death?

4. How long are De-hong and Wang Yu separated when he is transferred to Yibin?

5. What happened to the Japanese people who remained in China after they had been defeated?

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