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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 causes Jung to reflect on Mao's unfair treatment of the people while on vacation with her sister?

2. What job does Xiao-hei take in hopes of being seen favorably by the party after his father's political position is threatened?

3. What does Jung promise to deny herself to help assuage the guilt she feels about Yu-Fang's pain?

4. What is Jung criticized for by the government while teaching at the university?

5. What do the doctors find when De-hong is hospitalized for hemorrhaging?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What changes Jung's view on Mao?

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

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

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

10. What is a barefoot doctor?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

De-hong witnesses many different things that help to enforce her support of the Communist Party. What are some of the things that she sees happen? What are some of the things she does do to help the Communist movement progress? What would the punishment have been had she been caught? Why is she willing to risk this?

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

Mao's death created quite a stir. What were some of the different reactions to the news of his death? Why do you think some people felt different ways about the loss?

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