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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Yu-Fang do to pass the time in her loneliness?
(a) Reads and plays Mah Jong.
(b) Writes love letters to her General.
(c) Holds parties at her home.
(d) Visits with her family.

2. What did the letter to Yu-Fang from General Xue's wife say?
(a) It berated her for her hateful ways and dishonored her family.
(b) It ordered her to leave the house the General had given her.
(c) It was a summons for her to come work in the fields of labor at the Xue plantations.
(d) It was a legal order for her to give any future children to the Xue household.

3. What causes Yu-Fang to go and see the General after she had refused a number of times?
(a) He asks, and she obeys.
(b) She hears news that he is gravely ill.
(c) The General's wife ordered her to come, and she was bound by tradition to obey.
(d) She had money at her disposal and wanted to see him.

4. How did the Kuomintang view the Chinese people?
(a) Kindly people with no military force.
(b) Bugs to be squashed.
(c) Slaves who owed them love and respect.
(d) Skilled craftsmen.

5. How long does Yu-Fang wait to see her General again after her first interaction with him?
(a) Two years.
(b) Six months.
(c) Three months.
(d) Six years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who allows De-hong to read novels, attend the cinema, and wear colored blouses under her uniform?

2. Why did Yu-Fang need assistance when standing up?

3. What were the only two things that Chinese people were allowed to eat?

4. What happened to the Japanese people who remained in China after they had been defeated?

5. What was Yang Ru-shan's one valuable asset?

Short Essay Questions

1. What has Yu-Fang been so busy with while De-hong was being questioned?

2. What is De-hong allowed to do to help the Communist movement?

3. Why would a Japanese child deserve more respect than a Chinese man?

4. Why is Mao encouraging "intellectuals" to challenge their leaders?

5. How do Fang-Yu and Dr. Xia meet?

6. What does Er-hong see while riding in her father's limo that makes her ashamed of her privileged life?

7. What is De-hong not allowed to use because of it's "bourgeois" nature?

8. Why does Dr. Xia give potions to all of the Governor's wives when he knows that the Governor is the one who is infertile.

9. What does Jin-ming do at his boarding school that shows how truly attached he has become to his nurse?

10. Why does Wang Yu not allow his wife to be transferred to a larger hospital when she is giving birth while sick with tuberculosis?

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