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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. Why do Jun-ying and a maid move in with Fang-Yu?
(a) Their houses are burnt down, and they need shelter.
(b) She falls ill and needs care.
(c) They hope to win Fang-Yu's good graces and get some of her inheritance money.
(d) She cannot handle the four children alone.

2. What does Chang Shou-yu NOT allow at the funeral?
(a) A long procession.
(b) Monks playing instruments.
(c) A psaltery choir.
(d) An intricate coffin.

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

4. What does Dr. Xia's son do to convince Yu-Fang and him to move out?
(a) He attacks Yu-Fang.
(b) He beats his father senseless.
(c) He threatens to kill himself.
(d) He pushes De-hong down a dry well.

5. Why did Yu-Fang need assistance when standing up?
(a) She wanted to appear dainty.
(b) She was crippled by her bound feet.
(c) She was recovering from an illness.
(d) It was the custom of the time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the vivid picture show that Yu-Fang told De-hong would be the consequence of lying?

2. Why does De-hong feel as though she has let Hui-ge down?

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

4. What does Wang Yu do during their journey that disillusions De-hong about their marriage?

5. Why does Wang Yu refuse to let De-hong have the driver take her home?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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.

2. Why was Yang Ru-shan's main duty in life to produce male heirs?

3. Why does De-hong live in a different house than her husband?

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

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

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

7. What does De-hong see a friend's husband do on their journey that makes her lose faith in her own marriage?

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

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

10. Why is Chang Shou-yu so willing to spend money on books and toys during the famine instead of the food they need?

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