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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: The Dog Grins: Chapters 21 - 23.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Z. G. say it is time to go?
(a) Peking.
(b) Beijing.
(c) Hong Kong.
(d) Shanghai.

2. What happens three months after Z. G. leaves the commune?
(a) He returns to get Pearl.
(b) He is sentenced to death.
(c) He is sentenced to prison.
(d) He escapes to Hong Kong.

3. What stage of starvation are the peasants entering?
(a) Dementia.
(b) Skin diseases.
(c) Edema.
(d) Weight Loss.

4. Why does Z.G. rebuke Joy?
(a) For not being properly respectful to him.
(b) For sneaking off with Tao.
(c) For feeling pride in her performance.
(d) For laughing at one of the village elders.

5. Who does Joy think the most powerful leaders in China are?
(a) The ones who lie the biggest and best.
(b) None.
(c) The ones who get busy and help the peasants with the harvest.
(d) The ones who have been executed for so-called treason.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what does Joy think the people are blind?

2. What is valued over performance?

3. What does the mandate involve?

4. Why does Tao insult Joy after she gives birth?

5. For what does Pearl find herself homesick?

(see the answer key)

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