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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Mao and the U.S. president make an alliance.
(c) President Nixon visits China.
(d) Ignorance is seen as a form of unpatriotism.

2. Why is De-hong trying to go to Peking after her husband is arrested?
(a) To lead a revolt against Mao.
(b) To see her daughter.
(c) To see Mao.
(d) To free her husband.

3. Why is the "Gang of Four" so quickly removed from power according to Jung?
(a) They had no real power without Mao.
(b) They cannot piece together what was lost when Mao died.
(c) They step down out of grief for their loss.
(d) They do not have the same belief system as Mao and are not supported.

4. What was Mao's goal in sending the middle school children to the country?
(a) Thought reform through labor.
(b) Reform of thought through peasantry.
(c) Labor intensive training.
(d) Humility based thought reform.

5. What happens to Jun-ying that causes her to be unable to care for Xiao-fang?
(a) She is sent to a country camp.
(b) She is sent to prison.
(c) She has a stroke.
(d) She is beaten by the Red Guard.

6. What did Jung think her father needed most as he neared another mental breakdown after one of his heart attacks?
(a) Opium.
(b) Rest.
(c) His wife.
(d) Love.

7. Why does De-hong not want her husband to mail a letter to Mao voicing his concerns?
(a) She wants the letter to be from both of them.
(b) She knows it will not do any good.
(c) She knows it will label their children as Blacks.
(d) She fears that he will be killed.

8. Why don't Er-hong's parents answer her questions about the political turmoil happening?
(a) They fear she would object to the truth and then be in trouble.
(b) They feel it is important for her to find the truth on her own.
(c) They do not know what is really happening.
(d) They are trying to shelter her.

9. How heavy was the load of pine straw that Jung was sure weighed 140 pounds?
(a) 5 pounds.
(b) 30 pounds.
(c) 70 pounds.
(d) 140 pounds.

10. How old is Xiao-fang when he finally receives his first schooling?
(a) 10
(b) 6
(c) 12
(d) 16

11. How are most of the young people feeling during the political unrest and the famine?
(a) Confused and concerned.
(b) Confident and strong.
(c) Brave and true,
(d) Defensive and suspicious.

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

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

14. Why does Jung have to rush to get back on a train during her trip to Peking?
(a) She thinks she sees Mao, but it turns out to be someone else.
(b) She had to use the restroom, but there are people riding the train on the toilets.
(c) She has to buy some food because she is starving.
(d) She feels so trapped that she needs some fresh air before the train leaves again.

15. What does Jung promise to deny herself to help assuage the guilt she feels about Yu-Fang's pain?
(a) Opium.
(b) Reading books.
(c) Sleep for a week.
(d) The companionship of young men.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why were Jung and her classmates taken to a port city during one of their university classes?

2. How does Jung feel about Mao's death?

3. What does Jung briefly consider when she realizes her time in Peking was wasted?

4. How is Jung able to communicate with her mother while Jung is in the West?

5. What does the doctor arrange for De-hong to have while she is sick with hepatitis?

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