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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. What language is Jung told to study?

2. Why do people not throw away their newspapers?

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

4. What took the doctor so long to attend to Chang Shou-yu before he died?

5. Why does De-hong resign from work when Jung decides to stay in the West?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jung's younger sister do with her boyfriend?

2. What does Jung want more than anything our of her university experience?

3. What changes Jung's view on Mao?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some major differences between the Chinese culture and our own culture? How would this story have been different had it taken place in America? How did the Chinese setting affect the plot of the book?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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