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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. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what flowers could Cheng smell from her garden?
(a) Jasmine.
(b) Roses.
(c) Flowering plum.
(d) Magnolias.

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

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

4. What was the date of Meiping's birthday?
(a) May 12.
(b) May 31.
(c) August 30.
(d) August 18.

5. Why type of tea did Lao-zhao serve Chen and Li Zhen?
(a) Green tea.
(b) Black tea.
(c) Chrysanthemum tea.
(d) Jasmine tea.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. While Cheng was in the hospital for her hemorrhaging, what extra food was she given one evening?

3. By 1966, how many years had passed since Cheng's husband had died?

4. What book did Cheng take with her when she went to let the Red Guard into her home?

5. What physical problems was Cheng having in the fall of 1968?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Lao-zhao get information to Cheng?

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

3. What was one old man's experience with a "rotating struggle"?

4. How did Cheng gain a moral advantage over her interrogator and reinforce her self-confidence?

5. Why did it trouble Cheng that she was put in a ward with surgical cases?

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

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

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

9. What damage did Xiao Xu, a schoolteacher friend of Meiping's, report that the Red Guards were perpetrating in Shanghai?

10. What was Cheng's job at the Shell Petroleum Company?

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