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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many employees at China Information Headquarters were found to be politically untrustworthy during the Four Clean-Ups?
(a) One in ten.
(b) One-third.
(c) Two-thirds.
(d) One-half.

2. What effect did the Four Clean-Ups campaign have on Yue Daiyun's thinking?
(a) She was bitterly opposed to the program.
(b) She felt determined to support the program.
(c) She felt bewildered.
(d) She at last saw her path clearly.

3. How many people in Beida had been declared rightists in 1958?
(a) One hundred students and 500 faculty members.
(b) Seven hundred students.
(c) Five hundred students and 100 faculty members.
(d) Three hundred faculty members.

4. Why did Yue Daiyun refuse expensive wedding gifts?
(a) She wanted her wedding to be a revolutionary occasion.
(b) She was a simple person.
(c) She knew her friends and family had limited resources.
(d) She was embarrassed by her family's prosperity.

5. What is sent out to announce a baby's one-month anniversary?
(a) Red kites.
(b) Fortune cookies.
(c) Red-dyed eggs.
(d) Party invitations.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What were Old Aunt and Old Uncle's parting gifts to Yue Daiyun?

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

4. What does the name "Lao" mean in Mandarin Chinese?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why weren't the peasants reassured by the harsh treatment of their former landlords?

2. Why did Yue Daiyun decide not to object to being considered a rightist?

3. Why did Yue Daiyun admire Tang Yongtong?

4. How did the newspaper articles during the Four Clean-Ups confuse Yue Daiyun?

5. How was Yue Daiyun used during the Four Clean-Ups campaign in 1965?

6. What advice does Lao Wei give Yue Daiyun about survival in the countryside?

7. In 1976, what did the students do to Yue Daiyun's home?

8. What attracted Yue Daiyun to Lao Tang?

9. Why did the famine of 1959 change Yue Daiyun's opinion of the Communist Party?

10. Why was Yue Daiyun to be criticized while on maternity leave?

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