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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. What did Cheng use to make an eye shade to cover her eyes at night?
(a) Rags.
(b) A towel.
(c) Toilet paper.
(d) A handkerchief.

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

3. What day of the week were prisoners in No. 1 Detention House allowed to have brooms?
(a) Mondays.
(b) Sundays.
(c) Saturdays.
(d) Fridays.

4. What did Cheng silently recite to herself when handcuffs were waved at her and she was ordered to confess?
(a) Psalm 27.
(b) Psalm 23.
(c) Lamentations 3.
(d) John 14.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In 1966, how many people in Shanghai lived as Westerners?

2. What predominant emotion did Cheng feel during the struggle meeting held for her?

3. Why type of tea did Lao-zhao serve Chen and Li Zhen?

4. How long after Meiping's birthday party did Li Zhen commit suicide?

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

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