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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 Er-hong do to show her father how humble she is?
(a) She gets embarrassed when she is seen by her teacher in a limo.
(b) She gives of her allowance to underprivileged children.
(c) She asks her father to tell her what she can do to improve herself.
(d) She never speaks bad of other people and always finds something nice to say.

2. Why is Er-hong so interested in being helpful to everyone she meets?
(a) She is taught that a helpful attitude will bring her love and prosperity.
(b) She feels pity for her aged grandmother.
(c) She feels loyalty to the party at an early age.
(d) It is very popular to be helpful.

3. What sickness does De-hong contract while working in the factories?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Yellow fever.
(c) Herpes.
(d) Influenza.

4. How many concubines does the governor have?
(a) 24
(b) 12
(c) 10
(d) 5

5. Why does Chang Shou-yu refuse to send his pregnant sick wife to a larger hospital?
(a) He would like to be there for the birth of his child and could not follow her to another hospital.
(b) He fears a larger hospital will have more infections.
(c) He does not want to move De-hong in her fragile state.
(d) He wants no special treatment.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Kuomintang view the Chinese people?

2. What has Er-hong been taught about the children in the Western countries?

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

4. What does Chang Shou-yu overhear in a conversation that he is torn about reporting?

5. What does Jin-ming do to learn more about the Western societies?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the only valuable asset that Yang Ru-shan had to sell in order to gain the money he needed?

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

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

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

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

6. Why does De-hong help Miss Tanaka to remain in China when she is Japanese?

7. What does Fang-Yu do on her visit with De-hong that the Communist Party forbids?

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

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

10. What did Chang Shou-yu do to show his growing love for his family that makes De-hong call him a "silly old thing"?

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