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

2. What frustrates Jung about her university experience?
(a) She cannot keep up with her lessons.
(b) Her teachers are disrespectful of Mao.
(c) She spends so much time in military training.
(d) She is mocked for her family history.

3. What does Jung want to spend every spare moment doing while she is at the work farm?
(a) Reading.
(b) Talking.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Eating.

4. What is the name that Mao gave his group of young followers?
(a) Children of the Tiger.
(b) The Red Guards.
(c) The Communist Children.
(d) Followers of Mao.

5. What is Jung studying and anxious to practice on willing men while at the work farm?
(a) Herbal remedies.
(b) Aromatherapy.
(c) Acupuncture.
(d) Massage.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Mao's new idea about doctors?

2. How old is Xiao-fang when he finally receives his first schooling?

3. Why do the Chinese people not obey all the regulations put upon them by the Communist party?

4. Why don't Er-hong's parents answer her questions about the political turmoil happening?

5. How are most of the young people feeling during the political unrest and the famine?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Specs turned down for a promotion?

2. Why was Jung so shocked about the woman who was beaten for having pictures of pre-Communism leaders?

3. How is Chang Shou-yu punished when he is denounced?

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

5. What changes Jung's view on Mao?

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

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

8. What happened to De-hong's brother when Mao formed the Red Guard?

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

10. How is Yu-Fang punished when she is denounced?

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