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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. How did Yu-Fang keep her daughter when the General's wife wanted her?
(a) She sued the General's wife for custody.
(b) She sold all her finery and bought the baby.
(c) She got the General to order his wife to let Yu-Fang keep the baby.
(d) She kidnapped her.

2. What were the only two things that Chinese people were allowed to eat?
(a) Acorn meal and sorghum.
(b) Acorn meal and rice.
(c) Rice and bread.
(d) Rice and sorghum.

3. Why are Dr. Xia's children angry with the match between Yu-Fang and their father?
(a) They are upset about the age difference.
(b) They are afraid Yu-Fang will take over their fortune.
(c) They dissapprove of her former life as a concubine.
(d) They do not respect her family heritage.

4. What is the Chinese dream according to Wang Yu?
(a) To gain power and authority.
(b) To leave home penniless and return home robed in embroidered silk.
(c) To bring happiness and wealth to one's family and village.
(d) To find a loving wife and a happy home.

5. What was Yang Ru-shan's one valuable asset?
(a) A large opium farm.
(b) A skilled wife.
(c) A large estate.
(d) A beautiful daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does De-hong's family move to be better protected from the military looting?

2. What does Chang Shou-yu NOT allow at the funeral?

3. Why would a Chinese man have to bow to a Japanese child?

4. What does Dr. Xia's oldest son do after his father beats him for being disrespectful about Yu-Fang?

5. Why are De-hong's children sent to boarding schools?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do De-hong and Wang Yu spend their wedding day?

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

4. What happens to cause Dr. Xia to leave his children and his home?

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

6. How does Dr. Xia's oldest son show his disdain for his father's new wife?

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

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

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

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

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