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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 would it have been dangerous to be caught with a poem?

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

3. What happens when Xiao-fang is wrongly accused of harming another girl?

4. What does De-hong say it would be like if he mails his letter?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is Jung so eager to go and study in the West?

3. Why was Specs turned down for a promotion?

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

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

6. What happens as Jung tries to re-board her train when coming home from her trip to Peking?

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

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

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

10. What happens when De-hong tries to get a doctor to help Chang Shou-yu with another heart attack?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What are some major differences between the Chinese culture and our own culture? How would this story have been different had it taken place in America? How did the Chinese setting affect the plot of the book?

Essay Topic 2

What happens to Jung on the train, and what effect does this have on her? Why was this so surprising?

Essay Topic 3

Jung reads an article that changes her whole opinion of Mao. Where did she read this article? What did it say? Why did this change her frame of mind?

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