Do Not Say We Have Nothing Quiz

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How does Kai find out about Sparrow's death? (from Part 0, Chapters 3 — 1)

Ling sends Kai a letter after she finds out about her husband's death.

The hospital where Sparrow died calls Kai.

Kai calls looking for Sparrow, and Ai-ming tells him that she cannot find Sparrow.

Kai assumes that Sparrow has died when he does not hear from Sparrow for several weeks.

What happens to the Book of Records after Wen and Swirl are forced from their home? (from Part 1, Chapters 3 - 4)

Big Mother Knife retrieves it from their home and later brings it with her to Shanghai.

Big Mother Knife attempts to retrieve it but it is trapped in Wen and Swirl's cellar.

Wen and Swirl keep the Book of Records for the rest of the novel.

It is destroyed by the peasants, but other copies are found later.

What does Big Mother tell Swirl and Wen about Zhuli? (from Part 0, Chapters 7 - 6)

She sends them a letter through Projectionist Bang telling them that Zhuli has died.

She lies to them and tells them that Zhuli cannot write to them because she is studying at the Paris Conservatory.

She reveals that Zhuli has committed suicide but urges them not to return to China.

She writes letters to them from Zhuli's perspective, in order to keep up the ruse that Zhuli is still alive.

What does Zhuli write over the denunciation poster before her death? (from Part 1, Chapters 7 - 8)

She transcribes the first aria of the Goldberg Variations in jianpu.

An excerpt from the novel Border Town.

Nothing; she just makes the posters illegible by smudging the ink.

The phrase, "My first sentence was 'Make revolution.'"

What makes Yiwen become emotional during her conversation with Marie? (from Part 0, Chapters 3 — 1)

She hears that Sparrow sent Kai a copy of his sonata, which Ai-ming thought was destroyed.

She is angry at herself for her harsh words towards Ai-ming in her final letter to her.

She remembers what life was like for young people in China in the 1980s.

She is reminded of the death of Ling, Ai-ming's mother.