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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

4. Who allowed Mao's wife to gain so much power?
(a) The Tings.
(b) Mao.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her father.

5. What does her hatred of capitalism keep Jung from doing while in Peking?
(a) Selling her belongings for food.
(b) Purchasing anything--even food.
(c) Promoting her father's business.
(d) Taking a job with wages.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last thing that Jung needs before she can move closer to Chengdu?

2. What allows Jung the power to challenge Mao in her mind for the first time?

3. What is Yu-Fang forced to wear as she is brought down the streets by the rebels?

4. Why does De-hong not want her husband to mail a letter to Mao voicing his concerns?

5. What language is Jung told to study?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jung's younger sister do with her boyfriend?

2. What is peculiar about the men who come to arrest Chang Shou-yu that shows how powerful Mao and his young leaders have grown?

3. How is Chang Shou-yu punished when he is denounced?

4. What does Jung want more than anything our of her university experience?

5. What does Young make for Jung to show his kindness?

6. Why does Jung not spend any of the money her grandmother had given her while she is in Peking?

7. What does Chang Shou-yu plan to do about his growing concerns about the direction the Revolution is taking?

8. How is Yu-Fang punished when she is denounced?

9. What happens to Chang Shou-yu after he is released from prison?

10. What happens when some students who had rounded up dissident teachers ask De-hong for guidance on what to do next?

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