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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 5, Solitary Confinement.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At Cheng's struggle meeting, the man in the tinted glasses told how many Chinese were killed in the eight year war with Japan. How many Chinese were killed?
(a) Twelve million.
(b) Ten million.
(c) One million.
(d) Five million.

2. How would Cheng and Meiping communicate when Cheng was under house arrest?
(a) Through Lao-zhao.
(b) Through notes in the garden.
(c) By notes left in the bathroom.
(d) By meeting when the guards were asleep.

3. In 1966, how many people in Shanghai lived as Westerners?
(a) A dozen or so families.
(b) Five or six familes.
(c) A couple dozen familes.
(d) Maybe twenty families.

4. What watch is missing when the Red Guards ask Cheng to inventory her jewelry?
(a) A Swiss watch.
(b) A German watch.
(c) A British Watch.
(d) Her husband's watch.

5. What part of her house was Cheng locked in while the Red Guard looted her home?
(a) Meiping's room.
(b) Her bedroom.
(c) The kitchen.
(d) Dining room.

Short Answer Questions

1. At No. 1 Detention House, when did Cheng wake with a streaming cold and a severe headache?

2. How many men were in the vehicle that took Cheng from her struggle meeting?

3. When did the Red Guards come to loot Cheng's house?

4. When did the Communist Army enter Shanghai?

5. How many senior high school students who were members of the Red Guard came to loot Cheng's house?

(see the answer key)

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