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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was Yue Daiyun's favorite pastime while she wandered in the mountains of Zhaitang?
(a) Writing poetry.
(b) Sketching.
(c) Singing.
(d) Calisthenics.

3. How did Yue Daiyun learn to carry water?
(a) In a wheelbarrow.
(b) In handheld buckets.
(c) On a shoulder pole.
(d) On her head.

4. What is the traditional baby gift given by a Chinese maternal grandmother?
(a) A stroller and carseat.
(b) A cradle and playpen.
(c) A keepsake baby cup.
(d) A complete layette for the first year.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Under what conditions were Yue Daiyun's parents allowed to buy property?

2. What caused the famine in Zhaitang during the autumn of 1959?

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

4. What policy sent Yue Daiyun to the countryside in 1965?

5. What was Yue Daiyun's assignment during the Four Clean-Ups?

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