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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 Chang Shou-yu suggest that De-hong do in order to protect his children?
(a) Hide in a country village.
(b) Join him in his efforts.
(c) Move in with her mother.
(d) Divorce him.

2. Why do the Chinese people not obey all the regulations put upon them by the Communist party?
(a) They do not know all of them at any given time.
(b) They do not understand the true consequences of disobedience.
(c) They have been lied to.
(d) They are refusing to follow laws with which they do not agree.

3. What is the term that describes a doctor that works alongside the peasants?
(a) Barefoot Doctor.
(b) Midwife.
(c) Simple Healer.
(d) Doctor of the People.

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

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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who allowed Mao's wife to gain so much power?

2. What does Yu-Fang do to prove that she is now accepting of her son-in-law after they are persecuted for un-Communistic behavior?

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

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

5. Where does Jung sleep while caring for her sick grandmother?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What act of sacrifice does Jung do while caring for her sick grandmother in the hospital?

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

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

5. What does the cook do for De-hong while she is sick with hepatitis?

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

7. Why does Jung not want to get well when she falls ill at the country camp?

8. What happens to an article that Mao writes for the newspaper?

9. Why was Jung so shocked about the woman who was beaten for having pictures of pre-Communism leaders?

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

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