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

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

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

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

6. What is Yu-Fang forced to wear as she is brought down the streets by the rebels?
(a) The mark of a concubine.
(b) Heavy chains.
(c) Nothing.
(d) A dunce hat.

7. What is Jung criticized for by the government while teaching at the university?
(a) She is twenty-five with no plans to marry.
(b) She is teaching English.
(c) She does not work long enough hours.
(d) She is too sad about her father's death.

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

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

10. What took the doctor so long to attend to Chang Shou-yu before he died?
(a) There was terrible traffic on his way there.
(b) He forgot his equipment and had to go back for it.
(c) The doctor did not approve of Chang Shou-yu.
(d) He was busy with a tuberculosis epidemic.

11. What causes American literature to suddenly be allowed?
(a) Ignorance is seen as a form of unpatriotism.
(b) It is spread suddenly by the black market, and Mao knows he cannot stop it.
(c) Mao and the U.S. president make an alliance.
(d) President Nixon visits China.

12. What does Mao call for to help him feel secure in his power after the famine?
(a) Stringent laws against novels and plays.
(b) Harsher punishments on traitors.
(c) More food for the people.
(d) Another list of dissidents.

13. What do Jung and her siblings take turns doing for months at a time while their parents are at a work farm?
(a) Visiting their parents.
(b) Attending college.
(c) Taking sick leave.
(d) Tending to their sick relatives.

14. What frustrates Jung about her university experience?
(a) She is mocked for her family history.
(b) She cannot keep up with her lessons.
(c) Her teachers are disrespectful of Mao.
(d) She spends so much time in military training.

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