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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 are the boys in the Red Guard using their time in the Red Guard?
2. Why were Jung and her classmates taken to a port city during one of their university classes?
3. What happens to Jun-ying that causes her to be unable to care for Xiao-fang?
4. How are most of the young people feeling during the political unrest and the famine?
5. Why does De-hong not want her husband to mail a letter to Mao voicing his concerns?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happened to Yu-Fang before she died?
2. How is Yu-Fang punished when she is denounced?
3. What is a barefoot doctor?
4. How does Jung feel about Mao's death?
5. What act of sacrifice does Jung do while caring for her sick grandmother in the hospital?
6. What changes Jung's view on Mao?
7. How are Chang Shou-yu and De-hong still making money even though they are not working due to their illnesses?
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. What happens when some students who had rounded up dissident teachers ask De-hong for guidance on what to do next?
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
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?
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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