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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often were prisoners allowed a hot shower at No. 1 Detention House?
(a) Once a month.
(b) Twice a month.
(c) Every three months.
(d) Every other month.

2. What was the penalty for attempting to escape to Hong Kong?
(a) Ten to twenty years in prison.
(b) Thirty to forty years in prison.
(c) Fifteen years in prison.
(d) Thirty-five years in prison.

3. What was every radio station broadcasting in Chapter 4?
(a) The announcement of the person to conduct the Cultural Revolution in Shanghai.
(b) An article from the "Shanghai Liberation Daily."
(c) Lead article from the "People's Daily."
(d) The news of a plot by the capitalists.

4. How would Cheng and Meiping communicate when Cheng was under house arrest?
(a) By notes left in the bathroom.
(b) Through notes in the garden.
(c) Through Lao-zhao.
(d) By meeting when the guards were asleep.

5. Where did Mao get the gift that he sent to workers at Qinghua University in August of 1968?
(a) Pakistan's foreign minister.
(b) Indian's foreign minister.
(c) Thailand's foreign minister.
(d) Australia's foreign minister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was Cheng served for lunch the first day she was at No. 1 Detention House?

2. Why type of tea did Lao-zhao serve Chen and Li Zhen?

3. Who signed the order permitting Shell to retain its head office in Shanghai?

4. What day of the week were prisoners in No. 1 Detention House allowed to have brooms?

5. Who did the interrogator say was a double agent at Shell?

Short Essay Questions

1. During a meeting at the technical school in March 1969, why did Cheng laugh when Tao gave a confession?

2. Describe Cheng's cell at No. 1 Detention House.

3. How did the bout of pneumonia that Cheng suffered in the winter of 1967 lead to her rapid physical deterioration?

4. What did Mr. Hu say about Communist Party officials and an inferiority complex?

5. What did Cheng do to try to discipline herself with physical and mental exercise?

6. Why didn't Cheng go to Hong Kong when Shell applied to close the office in 1965?

7. How was evidence manufactured against Liu Shaoqi?

8. Why didn't Cheng believe that her cellmate received the death penalty?

9. How did Dr. Song commit suicide in No. 1 Detention House?

10. What nightmare did Cheng have in Chapter 6?

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