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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapter 3, The Red Guards.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what flowers could Cheng smell from her garden?
(a) Magnolias.
(b) Flowering plum.
(c) Jasmine.
(d) Roses.

2. When did the revolution occur that occur that made China a republic?
(a) 1924.
(b) 1915.
(c) 1911.
(d) 1921.

3. How much money did Cheng save to give to her gardener?
(a) 800 yuan.
(b) 300 yuan.
(c) 400 yuan.
(d) 700 yuan.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the artist who painted the painting that hung in Cheng's dining room in 1966?

2. What does Cheng say that her collection may be worth when the Red Guards are looting her home?

3. In 1966, where did Winnie Huang teach English and Latin?

4. Where did Cheng and her husband meet?

5. How many rooms and bathrooms were in Cheng's house?

(see the answer key)

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