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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does De-hong resign from work when Jung decides to stay in the West?
(a) She wants time to visit with her daughter.
(b) Xiao-fang falls ill and needs her attention.
(c) She hopes to fill Jung's old teaching position.
(d) She fears judgment for having a daughter in the West.

2. What is the last thing that Jung needs before she can move closer to Chengdu?
(a) The signature from Mao.
(b) A document of permission.
(c) A form of transportation.
(d) A seal from a registrar.

3. What does Jung's sister do that Jung thinks is disloyal to her parents?
(a) She joins a dance troupe.
(b) She joins a street gang.
(c) She sells books on the black market.
(d) She has a boyfriend.

4. Why does Jung have to rush to get back on a train during her trip to Peking?
(a) She had to use the restroom, but there are people riding the train on the toilets.
(b) She has to buy some food because she is starving.
(c) She thinks she sees Mao, but it turns out to be someone else.
(d) She feels so trapped that she needs some fresh air before the train leaves again.

5. What causes the Red Guard to hesitate in continuing their violent tactics?
(a) One of the members commited suicide.
(b) One of them was accidentally killed.
(c) Mao made a law with which they disagreed.
(d) Some of their parents were ashamed.

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

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

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

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

10. What is the term that describes a doctor that works alongside the peasants?
(a) Midwife.
(b) Simple Healer.
(c) Doctor of the People.
(d) Barefoot Doctor.

11. Who helped Jung get back on the train on her trip home from Peking?
(a) Another Red Guard student.
(b) A pickpocket.
(c) Mao.
(d) De-hong.

12. Why is De-hong imprisoned again?
(a) She threw away a newspaper.
(b) For her past Kuomintang connections.
(c) She was heard denouncing Mao in public.
(d) For her husband's insubordinance.

13. Without whom does Jung say she would not have survived the Revolution?
(a) Her grandmother.
(b) Her friends.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her siblings.

14. Where does Jung sleep while caring for her sick grandmother?
(a) In a hostel.
(b) On the street.
(c) Under her grandmother's hospital bed.
(d) In her own hospital bed.

15. How are most of the young people feeling during the political unrest and the famine?
(a) Confident and strong.
(b) Brave and true,
(c) Defensive and suspicious.
(d) Confused and concerned.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does twelve-year-old Xiao-hei do that is so different from other children of high officials?

2. Why was De-hong allowed to leave prison for a short time?

3. Why is Jung sent away from her country camp?

4. Who allowed Mao's wife to gain so much power?

5. What is the name that Mao gave his group of young followers?

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