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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. By January 1969, how long had it been since Cheng was interrogated?
(a) Eighteen months.
(b) Over three years.
(c) Over two years.
(d) Sixteen months.

2. What number was Cheng assigned when she was taken to No. 1 Dentention House?
(a) 1608.
(b) 1806.
(c) 1512.
(d) 1721.

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

4. What was issued for Cheng and left in her cell while she was being interrogated in Chapter 8?
(a) Hot drinking water.
(b) Another blanket.
(c) Warm rice.
(d) A warm jacket.

5. When was the Ninth Party Congress held in Beijing?
(a) September 1, 1969.
(b) July 1, 1969.
(c) April 1, 1969.
(d) March 1, 1969.

6. By the winter of 1967, how many times a day did everyone have to read from Mao's book of quotations?
(a) Three times.
(b) Four times.
(c) Two times.
(d) Five times.

7. What was Cheng reading when the Red Guards came to loot her house?
(a) The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.
(b) Das Kapital.
(c) Civil Disobedience.
(d) The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union.

8. What physical problems was Cheng having in the fall of 1968?
(a) Coughing.
(b) Fainting spells.
(c) Headaches.
(d) Hemorrhaging.

9. In Chapter 7, when did Cheng stop receiving a newspaper in her cell?
(a) November 15.
(b) December 2.
(c) November 30.
(d) December 27.

10. In 1966, what did Winnie Huang's husband Henry teach?
(a) Medicine.
(b) Music.
(c) Architecture.
(d) Law.

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

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

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

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

15. Who was the hero of the coup when the Red Guards and Revolutionaries seized power in Shanghai?
(a) Qi Baishi.
(b) Wang Hongwen.
(c) Xu Jingxian.
(d) Yao Wenyuan.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day of the week were prisoners in No. 1 Detention House allowed to have brooms?

2. What year did Mr. Hu start the business that later was turned over to the Communists?

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

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

5. Who was the only person Cheng knew who succeeded in committing suicide in No. 1 Detention House?

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