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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. What was the real source of news for the Chinese people?
(a) Footpath news.
(b) Underground pamphlets.
(c) Foreign newspapers.
(d) Newspapers.

2. At No. 1 Detention House, when did Cheng wake with a streaming cold and a severe headache?
(a) End of October.
(b) End of November.
(c) End of September.
(d) End of December.

3. When did Cheng visit the tomb of Ming emperor Wanli?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1957.
(d) 1959.

4. What did Cheng use to make an eye shade to cover her eyes at night?
(a) A handkerchief.
(b) A towel.
(c) Rags.
(d) Toilet paper.

5. What did a prisoner sing on Christmas Eve?
(a) Hark the Herald Angels Sing.
(b) The First Noel.
(c) Silent Night.
(d) O Come All Ye Faithful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the artist who painted the painting that hung in Cheng's dining room in 1966?

2. Who was the only person Cheng knew who succeeded in committing suicide in No. 1 Detention House?

3. How many categories of enemies were there during the Cultural Revolution?

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

5. What time of day was it when Cheng was driven through the streets of Shanghai in the police vehicle?

Short Essay Questions

1. After the Cultural Revolution was launched, why did Cheng decide not to apply for a travel permit to Hong Kong?

2. What accusations did the interrogator make against Cheng in Chapter 6?

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

4. How were the inmates' sheets laundered at No. 1 Detention House?

5. What were some of prison regulations at No. 1 Detention House?

6. What did the Red Guards do to Cheng's store cupboard when they looted her house?

7. What advice did Mr. Hu come to give Cheng in Chapter 2?

8. How was evidence manufactured against Liu Shaoqi?

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

10. What did a Red Guard do when Cheng told him it was against the Constitution of the People's Republic to enter a private home without a search warrant?

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