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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 were Jung and her classmates taken to a port city during one of their university classes?

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

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

4. What allows Jung the power to challenge Mao in her mind for the first time?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is peculiar about the men who come to arrest Chang Shou-yu that shows how powerful Mao and his young leaders have grown?

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

5. Why does Jung not spend any of the money her grandmother had given her while she is in Peking?

6. What changes Jung's view on Mao?

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

8. What happens when some students who had rounded up dissident teachers ask De-hong for guidance on what to do next?

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

10. What happens when De-hong tries to get a doctor to help Chang Shou-yu with another heart attack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is Er-hong taught about the Western civilizations, and how does this affect her life? What is one of her greatest goals in life due to this misinformation? Why was she taught this? What is the benefit for the Communist Party for children to believe this lie?

Essay Topic 2

What does Yang Ru-shan do to earn money, and why does he need the money so badly? What are the long lasting effects of this action? How does this action set the tone for the rest of the book?

Essay Topic 3

Fang-Yu has two major relationships in this book. Who were the relationships with, and how were they so different? How did each relationship affect De-hong's life?

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