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

2. What year did Mr. Hu start the business that later was turned over to the Communists?
(a) 1930.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1924.

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

4. What does Cheng say that her collection may be worth when the Red Guards are looting her home?
(a) One hundred thousand yuan.
(b) A million yuan.
(c) A thousan yuan.
(d) Ten thousand yuan.

5. By 1966, how many years had passed since Cheng's husband had died?
(a) Nearly 9 years.
(b) About 7 years.
(c) About 8 years.
(d) Nearly 10 years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Cheng's servant Lao-zhao left for her on a tray on a coffee table on July 3, 1966?

2. How long did it take the Communist Party to overthrow the Kuomintang government?

3. When did the Communist Army enter Shanghai?

4. 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?

5. In 1966, what did Winnie Huang's husband Henry teach?

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