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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 color flowers were growing on weeds in a corner of the exercise yard at No. 1 Detention House?
(a) Pink.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

2. What type of flowers were in a Qjanlong vase on Cheng's desk?
(a) Roses.
(b) Carnations.
(c) Daisies.
(d) Tulips.

3. When was possession of firearms in China declared to be illegal?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1953.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1949.

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

5. Where did Li Zhen's children live?
(a) Australia.
(b) Britain.
(c) Hong Kong.
(d) Washington, D.C.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did Cheng silently recite to herself when handcuffs were waved at her and she was ordered to confess?

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

5. When did the revolution occur that occur that made China a republic?

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