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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chang Shou-yu suggest that De-hong do in order to protect his children?
(a) Join him in his efforts.
(b) Hide in a country village.
(c) Move in with her mother.
(d) Divorce him.

2. How is Jung able to come back to Chengdu when she thought she would be stuck at the work farm?
(a) De-hong has a factory friend request that she work there.
(b) She is cleared of all wrongdoing.
(c) Her rebel father dies.
(d) She pays a hefty fine.

3. From what does Chang Shou-yu suffer when he gets home from Peking after his incarceration?
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) Schizophrenia
(c) Pneumonia
(d) Yellow fever

4. What does twelve-year-old Xiao-hei do that is so different from other children of high officials?
(a) Speaks out against the Revolution.
(b) Joins a street gang.
(c) Goes to college.
(d) Buys and sells books on the black market.

5. Of what is Mao afraid?
(a) A yellow fever epidemic.
(b) Communism failing.
(c) Kuomintang officers killing him.
(d) His power being threatened.

6. What is the name that Mao gave his group of young followers?
(a) The Red Guards.
(b) The Communist Children.
(c) Followers of Mao.
(d) Children of the Tiger.

7. How heavy was the load of pine straw that Jung was sure weighed 140 pounds?
(a) 5 pounds.
(b) 30 pounds.
(c) 140 pounds.
(d) 70 pounds.

8. What happens with the newspapers before the revolution that confirm Mao's concern that he is losing power?
(a) An article Mao wrote is not published immediately.
(b) Some old Kuomintang officers are allowed to work there.
(c) A new column is placed that questions certain leaders.
(d) An anonymous article is written against him.

9. Why do people not throw away their newspapers?
(a) They need the fuel for fires.
(b) They recycle the paper.
(c) Mao's pictures and words are on almost every page.
(d) They use them to supplement their animal food.

10. What does the doctor arrange for De-hong to have while she is sick with hepatitis?
(a) Opium for the pain.
(b) Fresh goat's milk.
(c) Visits from her husband.
(d) Acupuncture.

11. What happens when Xiao-fang is wrongly accused of harming another girl?
(a) He runs away to avoid punishment.
(b) He becomes very sick.
(c) He joins a street gang.
(d) He stops playing with other children.

12. Why does the man at the teahouse not leave while it is being torn apart?
(a) It is his teahouse; he has nowhere else to go.
(b) He is hoping to scare the young people with his serenity.
(c) His time at the teahouse is his only hour of peace.
(d) He is holding his own sort of protest.

13. What causes Jung to reflect on Mao's unfair treatment of the people while on vacation with her sister?
(a) A picture of oneof his vacation homes.
(b) She sees him beat a poor farmer.
(c) She reads an article in Newsweek.
(d) She watches an uncle die of starvation.

14. What allows Jung the power to challenge Mao in her mind for the first time?
(a) A revelatory dream.
(b) A poor speech by Mao.
(c) A statement from her favorite teacher.
(d) An article in Newsweek.

15. Why would it have been dangerous to be caught with a poem?
(a) Many Kuomintang codes were sent in poems.
(b) Poems were a mockery of the logical era Mao was building.
(c) Poetry was seen as a form of revolt.
(d) They were seen as anti-government messages.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does De-hong resign from work when Jung decides to stay in the West?

2. What is the last thing that Jung needs before she can move closer to Chengdu?

3. What does the Tings' fall from grace mean for the people?

4. What does De-hong do to the group of teachers that are accused of being subversives?

5. Why do the Chinese people not obey all the regulations put upon them by the Communist party?

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