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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did one doctor refuse to sell to the Shanghai Museum?
(a) Xuande porcelain.
(b) Yongzheng vases.
(c) Tang porcelain pillows.
(d) Song dynasty Ding Ware.

2. How much money did Cheng give Da De for a wedding present?
(a) 200 yuan.
(b) 300 yuan.
(c) 400 yuan.
(d) 500 yuan.

3. Who came to whitewash Cheng's new living quarters after her release from the detention house?
(a) Workers Cheng hired.
(b) Ai-yi and a family member.
(c) Kong and two young men.
(d) Hean and a friend.

4. When was the "Gang of Four" arrested?
(a) October 6.
(b) October 15.
(c) October 11.
(d) October 20.

5. How long did it take after Cheng was manacled for her to be able to stretch her arms straight out in front of her?
(a) A year.
(b) Thirteen months.
(c) Six months.
(d) A year and a half.

6. What did Cheng's brother accuse Cheng of doing?
(a) Being a spy.
(b) Taking bribes.
(c) Having an affair with a counter revolutionary.
(d) Having her photo taken in front of a Kuomintang flag.

7. How old was Da De's girlfriend?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Twenty-seven.
(c) Twenty-four.
(d) Twenty-eight.

8. How many students was Cheng teaching English to in Chapter 15?
(a) Six.
(b) Seven.
(c) Five.
(d) Eight.

9. Where did Ai-yi's husband and son live?
(a) Huqiu.
(b) Shihuabang.
(c) Canglang.
(d) Suzhou.

10. What foreign official visited Beijing in February, 1972?
(a) Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
(b) Prime Minister Edward Heath.
(c) President Nixon.
(d) Vice President Spiro Agnew.

11. What besides weeds was growing in the garden of Cheng's home after her release from the detention house?
(a) An elm tree.
(b) A maple tree.
(c) A plum tree.
(d) An oak tree.

12. In Chapter 16, where did Ai-yi go to stay at night?
(a) With her brother.
(b) At a cousin's.
(c) With a friend.
(d) At her mother's.

13. When was Cheng's husband a diplomatic office of the Kuomintang government?
(a) When they lived in Australia in 1942.
(b) When they lived in Shanghai in 1941.
(c) When they lived in Hong Kong in 1939.
(d) When they lived in Beijing in 1943.

14. What type of trees did the Housing Bureau plant in Cheng's garden?
(a) Metasequoia trees.
(b) Tallow Trees.
(c) Plum trees.
(d) Maple Trees.

15. When did the militia surround the Zhou's memorial at Tiananmen Square and kill, wound, or arrest unarmed demonstrators?
(a) February 3, 1976.
(b) March 16, 1976.
(c) May 19, 1976.
(d) April 5, 1976.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far did the Zhus have to go to get water and use the bathroom after the Red Guards looted their home?

2. When did the United States and China establish diplomatic relations?

3. In January 1971, how long was Cheng locked in a cement box in another building?

4. When was "Red Star Over China" published?

5. How was Cheng's disabled student handicapped?

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