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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 Chang Shou-yu look back on with regret near the end of his life?
(a) His battles with Yu-Fang.
(b) His strong position for Communism.
(c) His harshness towards his wife.
(d) His failings as a father.

2. What does Jung promise to deny herself to help assuage the guilt she feels about Yu-Fang's pain?
(a) Opium.
(b) Reading books.
(c) Sleep for a week.
(d) The companionship of young men.

3. How many of De-hong's five children stay in China?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 2
(d) 1

4. Why does Jung have to rush to get back on a train during her trip to Peking?
(a) She has to buy some food because she is starving.
(b) She had to use the restroom, but there are people riding the train on the toilets.
(c) She feels so trapped that she needs some fresh air before the train leaves again.
(d) She thinks she sees Mao, but it turns out to be someone else.

5. What was Mao's new idea about doctors?
(a) They are spreading anti-Mao propaganda.
(b) They do not need much training.
(c) They need much more training than they are getting.
(d) They are of utmost importance in society.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jin-ming spend much of his time doing?

2. What does De-hong say it would be like if he mails his letter?

3. What do Jung and her siblings take turns doing for months at a time while their parents are at a work farm?

4. What is Chang Shou-yu's punishment for being denounced as a capitalist?

5. Why was De-hong allowed to leave prison for a short time?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Specs turned down for a promotion?

2. What does the cook do for De-hong while she is sick with hepatitis?

3. Why does Er-hong walk away from the Red Guard when they confront one of her philosophy teachers?

4. What does Young make for Jung to show his kindness?

5. Why won't Chang Shou-yu help Jung get into the university?

6. Why does Jung not want to get well when she falls ill at the country camp?

7. How are Chang Shou-yu and De-hong still making money even though they are not working due to their illnesses?

8. What happens to Chang Shou-yu after he is released from prison?

9. Why is Jung so eager to go and study in the West?

10. What happens to an article that Mao writes for the newspaper?

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