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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did Yue Daiyun relate to her sister-in-law's father?
(a) They were both appalled at the elaborate wedding ceremony.
(b) They were both condemned as rightists.
(c) They were the same age.
(d) They were from the same home town.

3. What does Yue Daiyun do to comfort the injured Lao Shi?
(a) Tells him funny stories.
(b) Smuggles cookies to him.
(c) Massages his injured back.
(d) Prepares buns from white flour.

4. What is an "ayi?"
(a) A Communist party leader.
(b) A domestic helper.
(c) An aunt.
(d) A grandmother.

5. What does it mean to "draw a line"?
(a) To strengthen a common bond.
(b) To separate one's self from a suspect person.
(c) To make one's political position clear.
(d) To align one's self with another person.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were alleged to be Black Gang members?

2. How did Lao Shi die?

3. How does the bride approach her husband's home in Chinese tradition?

4. What was Yue Daiyun's favorite pastime while she wandered in the mountains of Zhaitang?

5. How many people in Beida had been declared rightists in 1958?

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