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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why do the students finally let De-hong on the train?
(a) She pays them.
(b) She gives them the secret password,
(c) She shows a ticket signed by Mao.
(d) She says she is going to speak against the Tings.

3. What does Chang Shou-yu want to do as soon as his name is cleared of the un-Communistic claims against him?
(a) Move his family out of China.
(b) Commit suicide.
(c) Join a Capitalist movement.
(d) Work with the black market.

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

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

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 step down out of grief for their loss.
(c) They cannot piece together what was lost when Mao died.
(d) They do not have the same belief system as Mao and are not supported.

7. For what are the boys in the Red Guard using their time in the Red Guard?
(a) To get power.
(b) To settle old debts.
(c) To have special notice from Mao.
(d) To spend time with girls.

8. What was Mao's new idea about doctors?
(a) They are of utmost importance in society.
(b) They need much more training than they are getting.
(c) They do not need much training.
(d) They are spreading anti-Mao propaganda.

9. Why were Jung and her classmates taken to a port city during one of their university classes?
(a) To practice their English with sailors.
(b) To learn of the tide movements.
(c) To help in a crab meat factory.
(d) To see and study the ocean.

10. Why did Jung go to Peking?
(a) For Red Guard training.
(b) To see Mao.
(c) For a vacation.
(d) To retrieve her mother.

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

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

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

14. Why was De-hong allowed to leave prison for a short time?
(a) To care for Jung while she was sick.
(b) To sit with her mother in her dying moments.
(c) To testify in behalf of her husband.
(d) To help with the rice harvest.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What language is Jung told to study?

3. What causes American literature to suddenly be allowed?

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

5. What is Jung criticized for by the government while teaching at the university?

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