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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Fang-Yu do to make a meal for her daughter?
(a) Sells jewlery to buy food to cook.
(b) Steals food from a neighbor.
(c) Gleans rice from the fields to cook.
(d) Begs food off the street.

2. What was Fang-Yu busy with while De-hong was being incarcerated?
(a) The sale of Dr. Xia's medical practice.
(b) A research project with Dr. Xia.
(c) A long-needed vacation to air her lungs and return her health.
(d) Destroying all documents that would connect her with the Kuomintang.

3. What is the last thing that Jung needs before she can move closer to Chengdu?
(a) A document of permission.
(b) A seal from a registrar.
(c) A form of transportation.
(d) The signature from Mao.

4. Why does Er-hong ask her father for a new name?
(a) She wants something that sounds more militant.
(b) She is being made fun of at school.
(c) She wants her name to mean something more than swan.
(d) It is popular to have a name change at this age.

5. For what was Dr. Xia called to treat Yu-Fang?
(a) A broken leg from work in the field.
(b) A failed pregnancy.
(c) A nervous breakdown.
(d) An opium addiction.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what is Chang Shou-yu taken to a hospital to be treated?

2. Why are the Governor's wives unable to bear children?

3. Where does De-hong's family move to be better protected from the military looting?

4. Why is Xiao-hei so distant from his parents?

5. What does Chang Shou-yu look back on with regret near the end of his life?

(see the answer key)

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