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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 8, Party Factions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At No. 1 Detention House, when did Cheng wake with a streaming cold and a severe headache?
(a) End of November.
(b) End of December.
(c) End of September.
(d) End of October.

2. What did the country lad who had been promoted to doctor say Cheng's illness was at first?
(a) Hepatitis.
(b) Pneumonia.
(c) Bronchitis.
(d) Tuberculosis.

3. How would Cheng and Meiping communicate when Cheng was under house arrest?
(a) Through notes in the garden.
(b) By meeting when the guards were asleep.
(c) Through Lao-zhao.
(d) By notes left in the bathroom.

4. What was Cheng doing when she was told to report for her first interrogation session?
(a) Eating lunch.
(b) Walking in the exercise yard.
(c) Laundry.
(d) Cleaning her cell.

5. How many sheets of papers did Cheng use for her autobiography?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Four.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Mao's essay "On the Dictatorship of the People's Democracy" published?

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

3. How many men were in the vehicle that took Cheng from her struggle meeting?

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

5. How much money was Cheng carrying when she arrived at No. 1 Detention House?

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