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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many of Cheng's porcelain pieces did the Shanghai Museum wish to purchase?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Nineteen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Seventeen.

2. Where was Meiping born?
(a) Canberra, Australia.
(b) Beijing.
(c) Shanghai.
(d) London, England.

3. When did Meiping die?
(a) 1968.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1970.
(d) 1969.

4. How much did Cheng weigh after being released from the detention house?
(a) 85 pounds.
(b) 95 pounds.
(c) 90 pounds.
(d) 100 pounds.

5. After Cheng's handcuffs were removed, what extra food was buried at the bottom of her food container?
(a) Two hard-boiled eggs.
(b) A piece of pork.
(c) Scrambled eggs.
(d) A piece of beef.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Cheng's mother live?

2. How old was Ai-yi?

3. In the 1970s, who was the chief party secretary in Shanghai?

4. What type of trees did the Housing Bureau plant in Cheng's garden?

5. How long did the old custom of foot-binding linger in some remote rural areas of China?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Cheng think that she was signaled out for special treatment when she donated her porcelain pieces to the Shanghai Museum?

2. What did Cheng want done before she would leave the detention house?

3. How did Cheng tactfully decline Mr. Hu's proposal?

4. What did it mean to get things through the "back door"?

5. What did Cheng find at the bookstore when she went looking for English textbooks?

6. What did Cheng decide had happened when the preface was removed from her book of Mao quotations?

7. After giving Cheng eggs in her food, what did the kitchen woman do to keep Cheng from thanking her?

8. What did Cheng discover when she went to the Shanghai Athletics Association building to learn more about Meiping's death?

9. How did Cheng persuade an official to give her a passport application?

10. When did Cheng first have an inkling that another round of power struggles was occurring at the top?

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