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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why is Jung not allowed to take the entrance exams for the universities?
(a) Her grandmother was a concubine.
(b) They are considered "bourgeois".
(c) Her parents are enemies of the state.
(d) She is a woman.

4. What does Jung want to spend every spare moment doing while she is at the work farm?
(a) Talking.
(b) Eating.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Reading.

5. What does Jin-ming spend much of his time doing?
(a) Reading contraband books.
(b) Selling his possessions to put food on the table.
(c) Beating down dissidents with the Red Guard.
(d) Selling books on the black market.

6. Why is the "Gang of Four" so quickly removed from power according to Jung?
(a) They had no real power without Mao.
(b) They do not have the same belief system as Mao and are not supported.
(c) They step down out of grief for their loss.
(d) They cannot piece together what was lost when Mao died.

7. What are people labeled when their loyalty to the Communist cause is questioned?
(a) White or Gray.
(b) Yellow or Red.
(c) Blue or Brown.
(d) Gray or Black.

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

9. What does De-hong do to get Xiao-hong permission to come to Chengdu with her husband?
(a) She has her husband declare that he is willing to go into rehabilitation.
(b) She has a doctor declare that Xiao-hong has an incurable disease.
(c) She pays a hefty fine to the government.
(d) She takes on a lowly job in a factory to prove her loyalty to the party.

10. Which of these was something that Mao's young group did NOT do in his name?
(a) Force people to do away with high heels.
(b) Take virtue from women.
(c) Burn books.
(d) Close down teahouses.

11. What is Chang Shou-yu's punishment for being denounced as a capitalist?
(a) He is put in prison for thirty days.
(b) He must attend denunciation meetings.
(c) He must pay hefty fines to the party.
(d) He is demoted and stripped of all his titles.

12. What does Jung promise to deny herself to help assuage the guilt she feels about Yu-Fang's pain?
(a) Sleep for a week.
(b) Opium.
(c) The companionship of young men.
(d) Reading books.

13. How many of De-hong's five children stay in China?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 1
(d) 4

14. What happens to Jun-ying that causes her to be unable to care for Xiao-fang?
(a) She is beaten by the Red Guard.
(b) She is sent to prison.
(c) She is sent to a country camp.
(d) She has a stroke.

15. After seeing so much wrong with the Red Guard after their vindictive assaults, what are Jung's feelings about Mao?
(a) She feels that he is not being best served by this group.
(b) She wonders if he knows what is really happening.
(c) She still believes wholeheartedly in him.
(d) She resents him and feels cheated.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Chang Shou-yu look back on with regret near the end of his life?

2. Who is sent to bring De-hong home from Peking?

3. What does De-hong say it would be like if he mails his letter?

4. Why does Yu-Fang faint when the guards will not let her drop off a package of food at the prison?

5. How is Jung able to come back to Chengdu when she thought she would be stuck at the work farm?

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