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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why would it have been dangerous to be caught with a poem?
(a) Poetry was seen as a form of revolt.
(b) They were seen as anti-government messages.
(c) Poems were a mockery of the logical era Mao was building.
(d) Many Kuomintang codes were sent in poems.

2. What was the reaction of one of the philosophy teachers that was confronted by the Red Guard and commanded to bow?
(a) She showed them a document signed by Mao that ensured her safety.
(b) She called them each by name and told them she thought they were better than this.
(c) She bowed down and begged for mercy.
(d) She stood straight and faced her death.

3. For what is Chang Shou-yu taken to a hospital to be treated?
(a) Yellow fever.
(b) Depression.
(c) Cancer.
(d) A venereal disease.

4. Where does Jung sleep while caring for her sick grandmother?
(a) Under her grandmother's hospital bed.
(b) On the street.
(c) In a hostel.
(d) In her own hospital bed.

5. For what are the boys in the Red Guard using their time in the Red Guard?
(a) To settle old debts.
(b) To get power.
(c) To spend time with girls.
(d) To have special notice from Mao.

6. What is so peculiar about the men who arrested Chang Shou-yu?
(a) They had no identification or warrants.
(b) They were far too young to be police officers.
(c) They did not look Chinese.
(d) They had been seen protesting Mao.

7. What took the doctor so long to attend to Chang Shou-yu before he died?
(a) He was busy with a tuberculosis epidemic.
(b) He forgot his equipment and had to go back for it.
(c) There was terrible traffic on his way there.
(d) The doctor did not approve of Chang Shou-yu.

8. Why did Jung go to Peking?
(a) To retrieve her mother.
(b) For Red Guard training.
(c) For a vacation.
(d) To see Mao.

9. How many of De-hong's five children stay in China?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 1
(d) 4

10. What causes American literature to suddenly be allowed?
(a) It is spread suddenly by the black market, and Mao knows he cannot stop it.
(b) Ignorance is seen as a form of unpatriotism.
(c) President Nixon visits China.
(d) Mao and the U.S. president make an alliance.

11. Why were Jung and her classmates taken to a port city during one of their university classes?
(a) To help in a crab meat factory.
(b) To practice their English with sailors.
(c) To see and study the ocean.
(d) To learn of the tide movements.

12. Which of these was something that Mao's young group did NOT do in his name?
(a) Force people to do away with high heels.
(b) Close down teahouses.
(c) Take virtue from women.
(d) Burn books.

13. What was the special broadcast about on September 9, 1976?
(a) Mao was dead.
(b) Japan had attacked Peking.
(c) Communism was challenged.
(d) China was going to war.

14. What does Jung want to spend every spare moment doing while she is at the work farm?
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Reading.
(c) Talking.
(d) Eating.

15. What does De-hong do to get Xiao-hong permission to come to Chengdu with her husband?
(a) She has her husband declare that he is willing to go into rehabilitation.
(b) She pays a hefty fine to the government.
(c) She has a doctor declare that Xiao-hong has an incurable disease.
(d) She takes on a lowly job in a factory to prove her loyalty to the party.

Short Answer Questions

1. From what does Chang Shou-yu suffer when he gets home from Peking after his incarceration?

2. Why does Jung have to rush to get back on a train during her trip to Peking?

3. Of what is Mao afraid?

4. What is Chang Shou-yu's punishment for being denounced as a capitalist?

5. Why is De-hong imprisoned again?

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