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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 were De-hong and Wang Yu forced to "self-admonishment"?
(a) They wanted to leave work early to get married.
(b) They were caught spending nights together after being wed.
(c) They were showing mercy to Kuomintang officials.
(d) They accepted invitations without permission from the party.

2. What surprises the people about the Communist siege?
(a) They are even more cruel than the Soviets had been.
(b) They are accepting of other religions and ideas.
(c) They are kind and want to rebuild the city.
(d) They unite with the Kuomintang officials.

3. 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 was a legal order for her to give any future children to the Xue household.
(c) It was a summons for her to come work in the fields of labor at the Xue plantations.
(d) It ordered her to leave the house the General had given her.

4. About what does Wang Yu ask De-hong for permission to write the Communist leaders?
(a) To talk about love.
(b) To remove her mother from the "watch list."
(c) To move to her unit.
(d) To study under her father.

5. What does Chang Shou-yu overhear in a conversation that he is torn about reporting?
(a) A woman asking another woman to give her a secret abortion.
(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) Two men saying Mao should be replaced.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to De-hong's classmate when she is found with Communist literature?

2. What were the first words De-hong spoke when she woke up in the hospital?

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

4. Why is Xiao-hei so distant from his parents?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How do Wang Yu and De-hong know each other before ever meeting each other?

7. Why does Chang Shou-yu want to leave Yibin so soon?

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

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

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