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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are the Governor's wives unable to bear children?

2. What did Dr. Xia give a man that led to his imprisonment and eventual death?

3. Why was Yu-Fang's father so desperate for money?

4. What is the Chinese dream according to Wang Yu?

5. Why did De-hong live with her parents after her transfer instead of her husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Chang Shou-yu do to show his growing love for his family that makes De-hong call him a "silly old thing"?

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

4. How do Wang Yu and De-hong know each other before ever meeting each other?

5. After all the other groups that took up occupancy in China, the Communists did something that was surprising to the Chinese people. What was this?

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

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

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

9. What is De-hong not allowed to use because of it's "bourgeois" nature?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some of the differences between Jung and her siblings? What are some of their unique characteristics or interests? How does this affect her relationship with them?

Essay Topic 2

Why won't Jung's father help her get into the university? Do you think he was validated in this thinking? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

Chang Shou-yu puts his political views over the welfare of his family many different times throughout the novel. What are some of those instances? How did his family react to this treatment? How did the public react to these actions? When did he change? Why did he change?

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