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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was on the scroll given to Cheng for donating her porcelain pieces?
(a) A painting by Tang Yin.
(b) A painting by Lan Ying.
(c) A painting by Wen Jia.
(d) A painting by Shen Zhou.

2. How much of Cheng's money did the Security Bureau issue Hean to furnish Cheng's new home?
(a) 400 yuan.
(b) 5,000 yuan.
(c) 4,000 yuan.
(d) 500 yuan.

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

4. What did Cheng's old gardener tell her happened to Lao-zhao when he was beaten by the Red Guards?
(a) Broke his leg.
(b) Broke his arm.
(c) Cracked a rib.
(d) Received a concussion.

5. When did the United States and China establish diplomatic relations?
(a) March 1, 1979.
(b) January 1, 1979.
(c) April 1, 1979.
(d) February 1, 1979.

6. After Cheng's handcuffs were removed, what extra food was buried at the bottom of her food container?
(a) Scrambled eggs.
(b) Two hard-boiled eggs.
(c) A piece of pork.
(d) A piece of beef.

7. A month of rain was called the huangmei. What was the rain named after?
(a) Yellow plum.
(b) Chinese dogwood.
(c) Flowering crab.
(d) Flowering Crabapple.

8. What language were all Chinese supposed to speak?
(a) Pinghua.
(b) Cantonese.
(c) Huizhou.
(d) Mandarin.

9. When did Cheng's disabled student come to warn Cheng that the militia was called for an emergency muster?
(a) October 8.
(b) September 27.
(c) November 2.
(d) December 11.

10. When did Cheng's mother die?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1962.

11. How long did Chinese New Year celebrations last when Cheng was a child?
(a) Two months.
(b) Forty-five days.
(c) Fifteen days.
(d) One month.

12. When did Meiping die?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1967.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Cheng's mother live?

2. Where was Meiping born?

3. After Cheng had another bad hemorrhage in 1973, to what hospital was she taken?

4. When did members of the Shanghai Film Studio come to offer their condolences for Meiping's death?

5. When was Cheng's husband a diplomatic office of the Kuomintang government?

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