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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. How long after Meiping's birthday party did Li Zhen commit suicide?
(a) About three months later.
(b) Two weeks. later.
(c) Eight weeks later.
(d) A month later.

2. How many people did Mr. Hu say in each organization must be declared to be the "enemy" because that is the percentage that Chairman Mao mentioned in a speech?
(a) Three to five per cent.
(b) One per cent.
(c) Twelve per cent.
(d) Six per cent.

3. 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?
(a) Chinese porcelain.
(b) Celadon pottery.
(c) A blanc de chine Goddess of Mercy.
(d) A Kangxi winecup.

4. What book did Cheng take with her when she went to let the Red Guard into her home?
(a) Constitution of the People's Republic.
(b) The Little Red Book.
(c) The Art of War.
(d) On Practice and Contradiction.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What foreign company did Cheng's husband serve as general manager of their Shanghai office?

2. What part of her house was Cheng locked in while the Red Guard looted her home?

3. What was Cheng reading when the Red Guards came to loot her house?

4. How much money did Cheng withdraw from her bank after the organization of the Red Guards?

5. Where did Li Zhen's children live?

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