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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the agent do before allowing Joy to enter China?
(a) Confisgate her American passport.
(b) Confisgate most of her belongings.
(c) Give her a new identity.
(d) Stamp her American passport so she will not be able to leave.

2. Where does a guard tell Pearl he directed Joy?
(a) The Green Dragon Village.
(b) The Artist Association.
(c) The missing person's bureau.
(d) He does not remember.

3. How many siblings does Tao have?
(a) 1.
(b) 0.
(c) 2.
(d) 8.

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

5. Who is actually Joy's biological mother?
(a) May.
(b) Ling.
(c) Suan.
(d) Pearl.

6. What does Pearl say about Tao?
(a) He is insignificant.
(b) He is wise beyond his years.
(c) He is a good match for Joy.
(d) He is handsome.

7. What does the interrogator force Pearl to do?
(a) Renounce her American citizenship.
(b) Register all her information.
(c) Renounce her Imperialist ways.
(d) Tell him everything she knows about the United States.

8. How does the Chinese government view romance?
(a) A necessary evil.
(b) It is strictly forbidden.
(c) It makes the life of the peasants more bearable.
(d) They have offered no opinions about it.

9. Who writes frequent letters to each other?
(a) Pearl and Auntie Hu.
(b) Pearl and May.
(c) Z. G. and May.
(d) Tao and Joy.

10. To what is Pearl sentenced?
(a) Six days in a community work house.
(b) Weekly thought-reform sessions.
(c) Weekly reports to an agent.
(d) Six days hard labor.

11. What causes Joy to question the ways of the village?
(a) Tao speaks harshly to her.
(b) Kumei waves away Joy's questions.
(c) Yuan scowls at her.
(d) Her father tells her to be silent.

12. What is the precipitating factor for Joy's assignment?
(a) Having come from America.
(b) Ping-Li's death.
(c) Being caught in the woods with Tao.
(d) Saying caring for children is the one thing she would hate.

13. Who does May think about finding in China?
(a) Her brother.
(b) Her half sister.
(c) Z. G.
(d) Her aunt and uncle.

14. What mottoes does Joy quote when entering mainland China?
(a) Some her mother told her.
(b) Some her aunt told her.
(c) Those she learns from the Chinese Student Democratic Association.
(d) Some she has read by Chairman Mao.

15. Where is Joy wandering just after she runs away from home?
(a) The Presidio.
(b) Golden Gate Park.
(c) Fisherman's Wharf.
(d) The streets of Chinatown.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why are all the people of the commune fed three meals a day at the canteen?

2. What does Joy witness as a result of the woman's suicide?

3. What does Tao say is the reason for the water buffalo's suffering?

4. Who has kept Pearl's room exactly as she left it?

5. For what city does Joy purchase a ticket?

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