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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What term was given to those whose parents were landlords?
(a) "Secret capitalist."
(b) "Counter-revolutionary."
(c) "Alien class element."
(d) "Stinking rich."

2. What is the first "To the Storm"?
(a) A poem written by Yue Daiyun.
(b) A song written by Sun Yat-Sen.
(c) A chapter from Chairman Mao's Red Book.
(d) A novel by Stendhal.

3. According to Chinese legend, why does a baby smile for the first time?
(a) To thank the gods for its life.
(b) To bid farewell to the goddess guarding it.
(c) To celebrate its first month on earth.
(d) To greet its parents.

4. 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) Facing criticism as a rightist.
(d) Realizing that the famine in 1959 was manmade.

5. How did Lao Shi die?
(a) He was accidentally shot.
(b) He commited suicide.
(c) He fell from a walnut tree.
(d) He was beaten to death while attempting to escape to Burma.

Short Answer Questions

1. What objection did Communist party members have to the French novel, The Red and the Black?

2. How many people was Yue Daiyun required to identify as rightists?

3. Why was the poet Lin Zhao executed?

4. What was Yue Daiyun's first assigned task at the commune in Zhaitang?

5. What physical affliction had Yue Daiyun's father-in-law suffered in her two-year absence?

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