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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part II: Chapter 12, Release.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who gave Cheng a cup of hot water during Cheng's second winter at the detention house when she had a bad cold?
(a) A guard.
(b) A former female interrogator.
(c) A Labor Reform worker.
(d) Her former interrogator.

2. When did Cheng's brother make a confession that caused problems for Cheng?
(a) End of 1969.
(b) End of 1968.
(c) In 1966.
(d) In 1967.

3. At Cheng's struggle meeting, the man in the tinted glasses told how many Chinese were killed in the eight year war with Japan. How many Chinese were killed?
(a) Twelve million.
(b) Five million.
(c) Ten million.
(d) One million.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Cheng and her husband meet?

2. What was the penalty for attempting to escape to Hong Kong?

3. By the winter of 1967, how many times a day did everyone have to read from Mao's book of quotations?

4. When Cheng went to the hospital in Chapter 7, how many months had she been in No. 1 Detention House?

5. What book did Cheng take with her when she went to let the Red Guard into her home?

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