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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Er-hong so interested in being helpful to everyone she meets?

2. Why was Yu-Fang's father so desperate for money?

3. What causes Mao to have school children do eye strengthening exercises?

4. What is Yu-lin studying to become?

5. What is one thing that Chang Shou-yu will NOT let his children do in order to teach them ethic responsibility?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Wang Yu refuse to let De-hong have the driver take her home early from the opera?

2. Why does Er-hong get the wrong idea about children in the West?

3. What does De-hong see a friend's husband do on their journey that makes her lose faith in her own marriage?

4. What did Chang Shou-yu do to show his growing love for his family that makes De-hong call him a "silly old thing"?

5. What does Fang-Yu do on her visit with De-hong that the Communist Party forbids?

6. How do De-hong and Wang Yu spend their wedding day?

7. What is De-hong allowed to do to help the Communist movement?

8. What is De-hong not allowed to use because of it's "bourgeois" nature?

9. Why does De-hong live in a different house than her husband?

10. What was the only valuable asset that Yang Ru-shan had to sell in order to gain the money he needed?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Chang Shou-yu puts his political views over the welfare of his family many different times throughout the novel. What are some of those instances? How did his family react to this treatment? How did the public react to these actions? When did he change? Why did he change?

Essay Topic 2

What are some of the differences between Jung and her siblings? What are some of their unique characteristics or interests? How does this affect her relationship with them?

Essay Topic 3

Why do the people believe so strongly in Mao? What has he done to win their loyalty? What kind of propaganda has been spread around? What tactics have been used by the Communist Party to help Mao keep his power?

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