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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 was the special broadcast about on September 9, 1976?

2. How does Jung feel about Mao's death?

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

4. What does Jin-ming send his sister from the black market?

5. What happens when Xiao-fang is wrongly accused of harming another girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is a barefoot doctor?

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

3. How are Chang Shou-yu and De-hong still making money even though they are not working due to their illnesses?

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

5. How does Jung feel about Mao's death?

6. What happens as Jung tries to re-board her train when coming home from her trip to Peking?

7. Why does Jung not want to get well when she falls ill at the country camp?

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

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

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

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

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?

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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