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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where was Cheng kicked when she tried to stop a young man from breaking some of her collection when the Red Guards were in her home?
(a) Arm.
(b) Chest.
(c) Back.
(d) Hip.

3. How much money did Cheng save to give to her gardener?
(a) 400 yuan.
(b) 300 yuan.
(c) 800 yuan.
(d) 700 yuan.

4. Who was the artist who painted the painting that hung in Cheng's dining room in 1966?
(a) Lin Fengmian.
(b) Qi Baishi.
(c) Li Wenxi.
(d) Lai Sung.

5. What did a prisoner sing on Christmas Eve?
(a) Hark the Herald Angels Sing.
(b) The First Noel.
(c) O Come All Ye Faithful.
(d) Silent Night.

6. Who was named to conduct the Cultural Revolution in Shanghai by Mao's wife?
(a) Zhang Yufeng.
(b) Wan Li.
(c) Lin Liguo.
(d) Zhang Chunqiao.

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

8. When Cheng went to the hospital in Chapter 7, how many months had she been in No. 1 Detention House?
(a) Eighteen months.
(b) Fifteen months.
(c) Thirteen months.
(d) Sixteen months.

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

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

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

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

13. Why type of tea did Lao-zhao serve Chen and Li Zhen?
(a) Jasmine tea.
(b) Chrysanthemum tea.
(c) Black tea.
(d) Green tea.

14. What had Cheng's servant Lao-zhao left for her on a tray on a coffee table on July 3, 1966?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Iced tea.
(c) Iced coffee.
(d) Iced water.

15. According to the interrogator, what British agents dealt with Cheng?
(a) Davidson and Roberts.
(b) Clark and Wyatt.
(c) Brown and Miller.
(d) Scott and Austin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Cheng meet up with Xiao Xu again in Hong Kong?

3. In August of 1968, what gift did Mao send to workers at Qinghua University?

4. In what year did Beijing publish the official propaganda line that the Kuomintang were about to launch an attack?

5. How many sheets of papers did Cheng use for her autobiography?

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