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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does De-hong refuse so many marriage proposals?
(a) She does not feel worthy of any man's love.
(b) She wants to marry for love.
(c) She has decided to give her life over to God.
(d) She does not want to bring a child into such a cruel world.

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

3. Why did Dr. Xia's son have to run away, never to be heard from again?
(a) He was labeled a thought criminal.
(b) He failed to bow to a Japanese boy.
(c) He was spreading Communist literature.
(d) He was tired of the harsh life in the city and fled to find a simpler existence.

4. What did Dr. Xia give a man that led to his imprisonment and eventual death?
(a) Directions to a black market trading post.
(b) Rice from the black market.
(c) Communist literature.
(d) Opium.

5. Why is De-hong's wet nurses husband in jail?
(a) He was an opium dealer.
(b) He was an old Kuomintang officer.
(c) He was caught spreading anti-Communist literature.
(d) He let his wife bathe in warm water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the only two things that Chinese people were allowed to eat?

2. What does Yu-Fang do to pass the time in her loneliness?

3. What was Yang Ru-shan's main duty in life?

4. Why do Jun-ying and a maid move in with Fang-Yu?

5. How old was Wang Yu when his father died?

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