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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. What was the date of the National Day of the People's Republic of China?
(a) November 1.
(b) September 1.
(c) October 1.
(d) December 1.

2. How many stands did Cheng want the museum to make for the pieces of her collection that she was keeping?
(a) From 6 to 8.
(b) From 10 to 12.
(c) From 8 to 10.
(d) From 14 to 16.

3. In January 1971, how long was Cheng locked in a cement box in another building?
(a) Almost thirty-six hours.
(b) Twenty hours.
(c) Eighteen hours.
(d) Almost twenty-four hours.

4. How old was Ai-yi?
(a) Forty-seven.
(b) About forty.
(c) About fifty.
(d) Thirty-eight.

5. When was Cheng's husband a diplomatic office of the Kuomintang government?
(a) When they lived in Hong Kong in 1939.
(b) When they lived in Shanghai in 1941.
(c) When they lived in Beijing in 1943.
(d) When they lived in Australia in 1942.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Mr. Hu spend his childhood years?

2. Who was waiting for Cheng when she was released from the detention house?

3. How was Cheng's disabled student handicapped?

4. How much did Cheng weigh after being released from the detention house?

5. When did the militia surround the Zhou's memorial at Tiananmen Square and kill, wound, or arrest unarmed demonstrators?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did a man read about Cheng's case before she was released?

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

3. What permanent damage was done to Cheng's hands after she was handcuffed for eleven days?

4. What would happen to someone who was expelled from the Communist Party?

5. Why did Cheng think about the irony of life in China as she watched her disabled student struggle with a disability?

6. What did Cheng say when the interrogators insisted that she had had a photo taken in front of a Kuomintang flag?

7. What agreement did China and Canada make in 1970?

8. Why wasn't China an egalitarian society?

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

10. How did Cheng determine if Liu Xing was really a friend of Meiping's?

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