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

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

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

4. 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?

5. Why is De-hong imprisoned again?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Specs turned down for a promotion?

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

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

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

6. How does Jung feel about Mao's death?

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

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 3

Who is your favorite character in the book? How does this character change throughout the book? What kind of experiences does this character go through, and how do these affect them? What kind of influence did this character have on the other characters in the book?

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