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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do the Chinese people not obey all the regulations put upon them by the Communist party?
(a) They have been lied to.
(b) They are refusing to follow laws with which they do not agree.
(c) They do not know all of them at any given time.
(d) They do not understand the true consequences of disobedience.

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

4. For what is Chang Shou-yu taken to a hospital to be treated?
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Depression.
(c) Cancer.
(d) A venereal disease.

5. What does the Tings' fall from grace mean for the people?
(a) Fewer denunciation meetings.
(b) Less food.
(c) The fall of Mao's regime.
(d) A break in Communist power.

6. Why does De-hong not want her husband to mail a letter to Mao voicing his concerns?
(a) She fears that he will be killed.
(b) She knows it will label their children as Blacks.
(c) She wants the letter to be from both of them.
(d) She knows it will not do any good.

7. What does Chang Shou-yu look back on with regret near the end of his life?
(a) His failings as a father.
(b) His strong position for Communism.
(c) His harshness towards his wife.
(d) His battles with Yu-Fang.

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

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

10. 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) She fears judgment for having a daughter in the West.
(c) She hopes to fill Jung's old teaching position.
(d) Xiao-fang falls ill and needs her attention.

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 is De-hong so afraid of having a poor speech given about her husband at his funeral?
(a) She is afraid she would have a breakdown.
(b) She wants him to be honored.
(c) It will forever reflect badly on her children.
(d) She feels she will be punished in the afterlife.

13. 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 takes on a lowly job in a factory to prove her loyalty to the party.
(d) She pays a hefty fine to the government.

14. What does De-hong say it would be like if he mails his letter?
(a) He would cause ripples in their lives as a pebble will cause ripples in a lake.
(b) It would be as if a moth was throwing itself on the flame.
(c) It would be as though he were a simple stone next to a large castle.
(d) As if he were a tiger falling headlong into an inescapable trap.

15. 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) Burn books.
(c) Close down teahouses.
(d) Take virtue from women.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Jung feel about Mao's death?

2. Why were Jung and her classmates taken to a port city during one of their university classes?

3. What does Jin-ming spend much of his time doing?

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

5. Why does the man at the teahouse not leave while it is being torn apart?

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