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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. For what is Chang Shou-yu taken to a hospital to be treated?

2. What do the Chinese military leaders do in an effort to stop all the violence of the Red Guard and the other Maoist factions?

3. Why is the "Gang of Four" so quickly removed from power according to Jung?

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

5. Why does Jung have to rush to get back on a train during her trip to Peking?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What does Chang Shou-yu plan to do about his growing concerns about the direction the Revolution is taking?

6. What changes Jung's view on Mao?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Jung reads an article that changes her whole opinion of Mao. Where did she read this article? What did it say? Why did this change her frame of mind?

Essay Topic 2

Why do the people believe so strongly in Mao? What has he done to win their loyalty? What kind of propaganda has been spread around? What tactics have been used by the Communist Party to help Mao keep his power?

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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