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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. What does Jung briefly consider when she realizes her time in Peking was wasted?
(a) Suicide.
(b) Staying longer.
(c) Leaving the Red Guard.
(d) Running home.

2. Why do people not throw away their newspapers?
(a) They recycle the paper.
(b) They use them to supplement their animal food.
(c) They need the fuel for fires.
(d) Mao's pictures and words are on almost every page.

3. Why does the man at the teahouse not leave while it is being torn apart?
(a) He is holding his own sort of protest.
(b) He is hoping to scare the young people with his serenity.
(c) His time at the teahouse is his only hour of peace.
(d) It is his teahouse; he has nowhere else to go.

4. How does Jung feel about Mao's death?
(a) She is confused and conflicted.
(b) She does not believe it is true.
(c) She is heartbroken.
(d) She is euphoric.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was De-hong allowed to leave prison for a short time?

2. What does De-hong do to the group of teachers that are accused of being subversives?

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

4. What was Mao's goal in sending the middle school children to the country?

5. What does De-hong do to get Xiao-hong permission to come to Chengdu with her husband?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Er-hong walk away from the Red Guard when they confront one of her philosophy teachers?

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

4. What is a barefoot doctor?

5. What happened to Yu-Fang before she died?

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

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

8. How are Chang Shou-yu and De-hong still making money even though they are not working due to their illnesses?

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

10. What happened to De-hong's brother when Mao formed the Red Guard?

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