According to the first paragraph, which is most likely the reason agricultural production quotas were not met? *
When I was young, the Chairman promised us all food. He promised that we would never go hungry again or be
without work, my family was led to a village where we became members of a production team. We worked hard,
long hours but we were fed every day. The commune prospered at first, but soon people did not meet their quotas
and we did not increase our production. We all received the same amount of rice; it didn't matter how much work
we did.
With the new Chairman, things are different in our village. The government has given us plots of land to work as
our own, though I still put in time as a commune worker. We can now keep the amount we produce above the
quota set by the government. This has made most of us work harder and the government quotas are being met
for the first time.
- Conversations with a Farmworker (1986)
1. the workers felt threatened by the government.
2. The workers had little to gain by working hard.
3. The workers were hungry and could not work.
4. The workers were young and inexperienced.