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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 causes the Red Guard to hesitate in continuing their violent tactics?
(a) Mao made a law with which they disagreed.
(b) One of them was accidentally killed.
(c) One of the members commited suicide.
(d) Some of their parents were ashamed.

2. What took the doctor so long to attend to Chang Shou-yu before he died?
(a) The doctor did not approve of Chang Shou-yu.
(b) He was busy with a tuberculosis epidemic.
(c) He forgot his equipment and had to go back for it.
(d) There was terrible traffic on his way there.

3. What causes Jung to reflect on Mao's unfair treatment of the people while on vacation with her sister?
(a) A picture of oneof his vacation homes.
(b) She watches an uncle die of starvation.
(c) She sees him beat a poor farmer.
(d) She reads an article in Newsweek.

4. Why was De-hong allowed to leave prison for a short time?
(a) To help with the rice harvest.
(b) To testify in behalf of her husband.
(c) To sit with her mother in her dying moments.
(d) To care for Jung while she was sick.

5. How heavy was the load of pine straw that Jung was sure weighed 140 pounds?
(a) 5 pounds.
(b) 30 pounds.
(c) 140 pounds.
(d) 70 pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the term that describes a doctor that works alongside the peasants?

2. How is Jung able to come back to Chengdu when she thought she would be stuck at the work farm?

3. What does Mao call for to help him feel secure in his power after the famine?

4. Which of these was something that Mao's young group did NOT do in his name?

5. What did Jung think her father needed most as he neared another mental breakdown after one of his heart attacks?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened to Yu-Fang before she died?

3. What happens as Jung tries to re-board her train when coming home from her trip to Peking?

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

5. What act of sacrifice does Jung do while caring for her sick grandmother in the hospital?

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

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

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

9. What changes Jung's view on Mao?

10. Why was Specs turned down for a promotion?

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