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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. With what are the people of China commanded to replace their grass and flowers?
(a) Cabbage and cotton.
(b) Peaches and pears.
(c) Wheat and corn.
(d) Rice and wheat.

2. Why does Er-hong ask her father for a new name?
(a) She is being made fun of at school.
(b) It is popular to have a name change at this age.
(c) She wants something that sounds more militant.
(d) She wants her name to mean something more than swan.

3. What does Chang Shou-yu overhear in a conversation that he is torn about reporting?
(a) Two men saying Mao should be replaced.
(b) A woman asking a man to take her on as his concubine and feed her children.
(c) Two men discussing complaints about the Communist ruling.
(d) A woman asking another woman to give her a secret abortion.

4. Why does Chang Shou-yu leave a sightseeing trip early?
(a) He hears of a threat against Mao.
(b) He gets news of his wife being sick.
(c) He is homesick.
(d) He has business to attend to.

5. What is Yu-lin studying to become?
(a) A Communist.
(b) A teacher.
(c) A chef.
(d) A doctor.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprises the people about the Communist siege?

2. How old was Wang Yu when his father died?

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

4. Why was Yu-Fang's father so desperate for money?

5. Why is Wang Yu not happy with Fang-Yu's visit to his family after De-hong gives birth?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to the man that Dr. Xia tries to treat with rice from the black market?

3. Why does Er-hong get the wrong idea about children in the West?

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

5. After all the other groups that took up occupancy in China, the Communists did something that was surprising to the Chinese people. What was this?

6. Why does Wang Yu refuse to let De-hong have the driver take her home early from the opera?

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

8. What was the first thing that attracted General Xue's attention to Fang-Yu?

9. What does Chang Shou-yu do as his first moment of putting his family ahead of his party?

10. What does a neighbor woman tell Er-hong that confuses her about the political views she has been taught?

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