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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Cheng was taken to an interrogation in Chapter 8, how many men were in the room?
(a) Three.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Six.

2. What type of trees lined the drive of No. 1 Detention House?
(a) Willow trees.
(b) Tallow trees.
(c) Maple trees.
(d) Plum trees.

3. In March 1969 at the technical school, what did Cheng do when she heard Tao's confession?
(a) Cried.
(b) Yelled.
(c) Laughed.
(d) Screamed.

4. Who had been staying at the technical school where Cheng's struggle meeting was held?
(a) Former business owners.
(b) Former teachers.
(c) Labor Reform Workers.
(d) Ex-staff of Shell.

5. Approximately how many prisoners worked in TIlanqiao prison compound producing goods?
(a) About 8,000.
(b) About 15,000.
(c) Over 20,000.
(d) Over 10,000.

6. What type of vehicle was used to take Cheng to and from the struggle meeting?
(a) A heavy duty truck.
(b) A Soviet car.
(c) Green jeep.
(d) Black jeep.

7. Who accompanied Cheng to the hospital in Chapter 9?
(a) A Labor Reform worker.
(b) A female guard.
(c) Cheng's former interrogator.
(d) A male guard.

8. In 1966, what did Winnie Huang's husband Henry teach?
(a) Law.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Music.
(d) Architecture.

9. While Cheng was in the hospital for her hemorrhaging, what extra food was she given one evening?
(a) An apple.
(b) A small orange.
(c) A pear.
(d) A small banana.

10. Where did Mao get the gift that he sent to workers at Qinghua University in August of 1968?
(a) Pakistan's foreign minister.
(b) Thailand's foreign minister.
(c) Australia's foreign minister.
(d) Indian's foreign minister.

11. Who signed the order permitting Shell to retain its head office in Shanghai?
(a) Sun Yatsen.
(b) Han Suyin.
(c) Zhou Enlai.
(d) Mao Yuanxin.

12. How many senior high school students who were members of the Red Guard came to loot Cheng's house?
(a) Seventy.
(b) Thirty to forty.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Fifty to sixty.

13. What had Cheng's servant Lao-zhao left for her on a tray on a coffee table on July 3, 1966?
(a) Iced water.
(b) Iced coffee.
(c) Iced tea.
(d) Lemonade.

14. What did Cheng silently recite to herself when handcuffs were waved at her and she was ordered to confess?
(a) John 14.
(b) Lamentations 3.
(c) Psalm 27.
(d) Psalm 23.

15. Who did Cheng quote when the interrogator said that one of Mao's quotes was not meant to refer to her?
(a) Han Suyin.
(b) Karl Marx.
(c) Deng Xiaoping.
(d) Marshal Lin Biao.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the penalty for attempting to escape to Hong Kong?

2. Who did the interrogator say was a double agent at Shell?

3. In August of 1968, what gift did Mao send to workers at Qinghua University?

4. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what flowers could Cheng smell from her garden?

5. When Cheng went upstairs to use the bathroom during the looting of her home, what was a young man about to step on and break?

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