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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 21.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does twelve-year-old Xiao-hei do that is so different from other children of high officials?
(a) Joins a street gang.
(b) Goes to college.
(c) Speaks out against the Revolution.
(d) Buys and sells books on the black market.

2. What is happening to De-hong when her husband refuses to let her have a driver take her home from the opera?
(a) She is suffering a nervous breakdown.
(b) She is considering leaving her husband.
(c) She is having a miscarriage.
(d) She is frightened by the images on stage.

3. Why does Wang Yu refuse to let De-hong have the driver take her home?
(a) He did not want her to travel alone with another man.
(b) The driver was enjoying the opera.
(c) He was fearful of what the Communist leaders would think.
(d) It was against customs to leave a performance early.

4. With what are the people of China commanded to replace their grass and flowers?
(a) Wheat and corn.
(b) Rice and wheat.
(c) Cabbage and cotton.
(d) Peaches and pears.

5. What happens when Xiao-fang is wrongly accused of harming another girl?
(a) He becomes very sick.
(b) He runs away to avoid punishment.
(c) He joins a street gang.
(d) He stops playing with other children.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the first words De-hong spoke when she woke up in the hospital?

2. What does Er-hong do to show her father how humble she is?

3. What does a neighbor tell Er-hong about the Kuomintang that confuses her?

4. What does Wang Yu do during their journey that disillusions De-hong about their marriage?

5. How long are De-hong and Wang Yu separated when he is transferred to Yibin?

(see the answer key)

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