Do Not Say We Have Nothing Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 28:

1.

What does Ai-ming request from Projectionist Bang? (from Coda)

A recording of a performance of Sparrow's unfinished symphony.

Several copies of the Book of Records.

The help of a pianist to recreate Sparrow's sonata from the nine remaining pages.

Information about her great-aunt and -uncle's lives in the re-education camps.

2.

What does Marie conclude is the "zero point" of her father's life? (from Part 0, Chapters 7 - 6)

The summer of Zhuli's death.

His 1978 defection from China.

The Cultural Revolution at large.

The Great Famine.

3.

When does Kai learn to play the piano? (from Part 1, Chapters 5 - 6)

He learns to play in order to distract himself from the famine ravaging his village.

He learns to play as a child from Jesuit missionaries who built a church in his village.

He learns from the Professor after his arrival in the city.

He learns after his parents' death in order to have a chance at succeeding in the city.

4.

What happens to the Book of Records after Wen and Swirl are forced from their home? (from Part 1, Chapters 3 - 4)

It is destroyed by the peasants, but other copies are found later.

Wen and Swirl keep the Book of Records for the rest of the novel.

Big Mother Knife attempts to retrieve it but it is trapped in Wen and Swirl's cellar.

Big Mother Knife retrieves it from their home and later brings it with her to Shanghai.

5.

What makes Yiwen become emotional during her conversation with Marie? (from Part 0, Chapters 3 — 1)

She hears that Sparrow sent Kai a copy of his sonata, which Ai-ming thought was destroyed.

She is reminded of the death of Ling, Ai-ming's mother.

She is angry at herself for her harsh words towards Ai-ming in her final letter to her.

She remembers what life was like for young people in China in the 1980s.

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