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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 does Wang Yu refuse to let De-hong have the driver take her home?
(a) The driver was enjoying the opera.
(b) It was against customs to leave a performance early.
(c) He did not want her to travel alone with another man.
(d) He was fearful of what the Communist leaders would think.

2. What did De-hong think was the most delicious treat from her father?
(a) Rice candy.
(b) Shaved and flavored ice.
(c) Rice and oranges.
(d) Plain wheat rolls.

3. What was Jin-ming's response when De-hong visited him at his boarding school?
(a) He would not acknowledge her as his mother.
(b) He clung to her side and cried.
(c) He took her on a tour of his school.
(d) He was afraid to show too much affection and be considered weak.

4. What has Er-hong been taught about the children in the Western countries?
(a) They are cruel and vicious.
(b) They are just the same as Chinese people.
(c) They are deprived and starving.
(d) They are trying to invade China and take over.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. With what are the people of China commanded to replace their grass and flowers?

2. What sickness does De-hong contract while working in the factories?

3. What happened to the Japanese people who remained in China after they had been defeated?

4. What would women be scorned for if their feet were not bound as children?

5. Where are the people of China forced to eat during the famine?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why was Yang Ru-shan in need of more money?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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