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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What physical affliction had Yue Daiyun's father-in-law suffered in her two-year absence?
(a) Heart failure.
(b) Memory loss.
(c) Debilitating high blood pressure.
(d) A paralyzing stroke.

2. What was Yue Daiyun's job during the famine in Zhaitang?
(a) Grinding corncobs to make flour.
(b) Caring for pigs.
(c) Pitting walnuts.
(d) Collecting apricot pits for oil.

3. Durig the summer of 1968, how many students were killed by New Beida students?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

4. What caused the famine in Zhaitang during the autumn of 1959?
(a) Mismanagement.
(b) Refusal of the peasant workers to cooperate.
(c) Lack of seeds.
(d) Drought.

5. What first shook Yue Daiyun's faith in the Communist party?
(a) Being forced to criticize others.
(b) Criticism of Lao Tang's friendship with her.
(c) Realizing that the famine in 1959 was manmade.
(d) Facing criticism as a rightist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Yue Daiyun's sister-in-law's father imprisoned?

2. How did Nie Yuanzi attempt to flush out the 250 besieged Jinggang Mountain students?

3. What political decision did Yue Daiyun make upon her return to Beida after her two-year absence?

4. What caused the violence at Beida to abate?

5. What song did Yue Daiyun's brother use to comfort her while she was being criticized?

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