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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the first criticism of Lao Tang at the Beida Youth League Congress?
(a) Teaching capitalist ideas.
(b) Killing frogs who were interrupting the music.
(c) Supporting rightist teachers.
(d) Staying up all night talking with Yue Daiyun.

3. How did night meetings at the commune in Zhaitang attempt to educate the peasants?
(a) By reading newspapers to them.
(b) By purchasing textbooks for them.
(c) By turning on radio news broadcasts for them.
(d) By teaching them basic literacy.

4. What interrupted Yue Daiyun's celebration of her son's one-month birthday?
(a) A meeting at which her husband was to be criticized.
(b) A meeting at which her husband was to be honored.
(c) A meeting at which she was to be honored.
(d) A meeting at which she was to be criticized.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Chinese legend, why does a baby smile for the first time?

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

3. What was Yue Daiyun's job during the famine in Zhaitang?

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

5. What is sent out to announce a baby's one-month anniversary?

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