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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What day of the week were prisoners in No. 1 Detention House allowed to have brooms?
(a) Saturdays.
(b) Mondays.
(c) Sundays.
(d) Fridays.

6. How late did the interrogator say that Cheng was to vote in an election for the Shanghai People's Congress?
(a) Twenty-four hours.
(b) Three hours.
(c) Two hours.
(d) One hour.

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

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

9. 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) Five million.
(b) Twelve million.
(c) Ten million.
(d) One million.

10. Who was the only person Cheng knew who succeeded in committing suicide in No. 1 Detention House?
(a) Chen Yi.
(b) Dr. Song.
(c) Dr. Huang.
(d) Li Zhen.

11. Where did Li Zhen's children live?
(a) Hong Kong.
(b) Australia.
(c) Britain.
(d) Washington, D.C.

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

13. What predominant emotion did Cheng feel during the struggle meeting held for her?
(a) Sadness.
(b) Frustration.
(c) Anger.
(d) Regret.

14. What was Cheng served for lunch the first day she was at No. 1 Detention House?
(a) Dry rice and boiled green cabbage.
(b) Lukewarm watery rice porridge.
(c) Watery broth.
(d) Rice and pickled vegetables.

15. When did Defense Minister Lin Biao abolish all military insignia?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1959.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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

3. What was issued for Cheng and left in her cell while she was being interrogated in Chapter 8?

4. When did the Communist Army enter Shanghai?

5. How many senior high school students who were members of the Red Guard came to loot Cheng's house?

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