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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Four: The Dragon Rises: Chapters 24 - 26.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Pearl not leave with Z. G.?
(a) Joy will not leave the commune.
(b) She is in love with a man at the commune.
(c) She hopes to whisk Joy away.
(d) Pearl has been ordered to stay at the commune.

2. How are Pearl and Dun married?
(a) They decide to wait until they get to the States.
(b) In a government ceremony.
(c) In a Buddhist temple.
(d) By the building supervisor.

3. Why is Joy happy but frustrated when she receives a package from Pearl?
(a) That there is no money in the package.
(b) That the letter is brief and says nothing.
(c) That Pearl has not come to the commune in person.
(d) That there is no baby formula in the package.

4. Why does Joy boil the shoes Pearl sends her?
(a) To stretch them.
(b) To kill the mold on them.
(c) To shrink them.
(d) To extract the rice paste.

5. Why do they put metal blinders on the water buffalo?
(a) To keep the flies out of their eyes.
(b) To keep them from kicking since they won't kick if they can't see.
(c) To keep them from walking around sharp rocks in the field.
(d) To keep the sun from giving them cataracts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is clearly talented when Z.G. begins his art class?

2. What does Pearl say about Tao?

3. What does Pearl learn from Z. G.'s servant?

4. What does Joy realize are empty fantasies?

5. Where does Z. G. say it is time to go?

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