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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 1, how many girls perform patriotic songs and skits on festival days?
(a) A dozen.
(b) 8.
(c) 2 dozen.
(d) 15.

2. In legends, what pet does Chang'e, the lady on the moon, have?
(a) Cat.
(b) Rabbit.
(c) Dog.
(d) Sheep.

3. How old was Teacher Fan when she came to the capital?
(a) 14.
(b) 17.
(c) 16.
(d) 15.

4. What does Mei do in the mornings in Chapter 11?
(a) Does calisthenics and goes for a walk.
(b) Studies with Secretary Sun.
(c) Takes dance and private voice lessons with Teacher Fan.
(d) Swims.

5. In Chapter 6, what does the Chairman's wife wear to the play?
(a) Gray pantsuit.
(b) Brown pantsuit.
(c) Black dress.
(d) Red dress.

6. In Chapter 4, how does Midnight Chang hurt Dolly Yu?
(a) Punches her.
(b) Swings a broom on her back.
(c) Trips her.
(d) Hits her with a stick.

7. What does the mural over the swimming pool portray in Chapter 13?
(a) Wheat sheaves and peasant women.
(b) Meadow.
(c) Chinese heroes and heroines.
(d) Night sky.

8. When Mei arrives in Chapter 2, how long ago did Midnight Chang arrive?
(a) The same day.
(b) 2 weeks ago.
(c) 8 days ago.
(d) 2 days ago.

9. When does Secretary Sun arrive in Chapter 1?
(a) Early fall.
(b) Late spring.
(c) Late summer.
(d) Early summer.

10. In Chapter 13, how many weeks remain before Mei is to try to deceive the President?
(a) 4.
(b) 2.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

11. What is the Chairman wearing when Mei wakes in Chapter 9?
(a) Black swimming trunks and a robe.
(b) Red swimming trunks and a robe.
(c) Green swimming trunks and a robe.
(d) Blue swimming trunks and a robe.

12. In Chapter 8, what does Mei remember the tea that mother made her made was made from?
(a) Dong quai.
(b) Wild yam root.
(c) Angelica.
(d) Mugwort.

13. Where did the Chairman have a chance to study when he was a student, but turned it down?
(a) Madrid.
(b) Frankfort.
(c) Boston.
(d) Paris.

14. When Mei is chosen in Chapter 1 to go to Beijing, how many days are there before she leaves?
(a) 5.
(b) 3.
(c) 2.
(d) 4.

15. How much older is Busy Shan than Mei?
(a) 4 years.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 2 years.
(d) 1 year.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 12, how long has it been since Mei left the dance troupe?

2. In Chapter 7, how many weeks does Mei have to train to pretend to be a student?

3. What music does Mei put on the record player when the Chairman beings leading Midnight Chang to his quarters?

4. When was Ya'an at the center of the revolution?

5. In Chapter 9, what is the brush made of that the Chairman offers Mei to write her name?

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