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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: The Dog Grins: Chapters 17 - 20.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Joy not supposed to be pleased with her performance?
(a) She is an outsider.
(b) She is not supposed to do better than others in the village.
(c) An American cannot do something well.
(d) There is no place for pride in China.

2. On what wall is Joy's picture to be hung?
(a) The Comrade Wall of Returned Chinese.
(b) The wall of disillusioned Americans.
(c) The Great Wall.
(d) The Wailing Wall.

3. Who do the Chinese hope to overpower in the future?
(a) Imperialistic countries.
(b) Russia.
(c) Japan.
(d) Poverty.

4. Why does one woman say that Pearl should not try to contact Z. G.?
(a) He is married.
(b) He will be in trouble if an American contacts him.
(c) He has a black mark against him.
(d) He is an agent for a very sinister group.

5. What causes Pearl elation when she enters China?
(a) She talks to someone who has met Joy.
(b) She sees Joy's picture on the wall of returning Chinese.
(c) She sees her picture on a poster drawn by Z. G.
(d) She sees Z. G. at the airport.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tao ask Joy?

2. How does a woman kill herself one day?

3. What is the problem with planting wheat?

4. Who are the narrator(s) in "Dreams of Joy"?

5. Why is Z. G. sent back to the commune?

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