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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Mao's essay "On the Dictatorship of the People's Democracy" published?
(a) April 13, 1948.
(b) May 12, 1950.
(c) July 1, 1949.
(d) June 23, 1951.

2. Who had been staying at the technical school where Cheng's struggle meeting was held?
(a) Ex-staff of Shell.
(b) Labor Reform Workers.
(c) Former business owners.
(d) Former teachers.

3. In 1966, where did Winnie Huang teach English and Latin?
(a) Donghua University.
(b) At the medical college.
(c) Tongji University.
(d) Fudan University.

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

5. When Cheng went upstairs to use the bathroom during the looting of her home, what was a young man about to step on and break?
(a) Celadon pottery.
(b) A Kangxi winecup.
(c) Chinese porcelain.
(d) A blanc de chine Goddess of Mercy.

6. Whom did Cheng defend when she was interrogated in Chapter 8?
(a) He Long.
(b) Chen Yun.
(c) Liu Shaoqi.
(d) Peng Dehuai.

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

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

9. What type of vehicle was used to take Cheng to and from the struggle meeting?
(a) A heavy duty truck.
(b) A Soviet car.
(c) Black jeep.
(d) Green jeep.

10. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what flowers could Cheng smell from her garden?
(a) Roses.
(b) Flowering plum.
(c) Jasmine.
(d) Magnolias.

11. In August of 1968, what gift did Mao send to workers at Qinghua University?
(a) Avocadoes.
(b) Mangoes.
(c) Tangerines.
(d) Pineapples.

12. When Cheng was taken to a struggle meeting on July 4, 1966, who was the target of the meeting?
(a) Tao Feng.
(b) Chen Yun.
(c) Qi Baishi.
(d) Deng Xiaoping.

13. Who accompanied Cheng to the hospital in Chapter 9?
(a) A female guard.
(b) A male guard.
(c) Cheng's former interrogator.
(d) A Labor Reform worker.

14. What was the road in front of the former British consulate renamed?
(a) Revolutionary Boulevard.
(b) Ouyanghai Road.
(c) Anti-Revisionist Street.
(d) Anti-Imperialist Street.

15. 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) Ten million.
(c) One million.
(d) Five million.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was the prisoner assigned to Cheng's cell in 1969?

2. How many days was Cheng forced to return to the interrogation room and read a letter drafted by Mao Zedong in 1948?

3. What did the country lad who had been promoted to doctor say Cheng's illness was at first?

4. What did Cheng use to make an eye shade to cover her eyes at night?

5. Who was named to conduct the Cultural Revolution in Shanghai by Mao's wife?

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