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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 many rooms and bathrooms were in Cheng's house?
(a) Seven rooms and three bathrooms.
(b) Five rooms and two bathrooms.
(c) Nine rooms and four bathrooms.
(d) Four rooms and one bathroom.

2. In Chapter 9, to which ward at the hospital was Cheng taken?
(a) TB ward.
(b) Orthopedic ward.
(c) Infectious diseases ward.
(d) Surgical ward.

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

4. What predominant emotion did Cheng feel during the struggle meeting held for her?
(a) Frustration.
(b) Anger.
(c) Sadness.
(d) Regret.

5. While Cheng was in the hospital for her hemorrhaging, what extra food was she given one evening?
(a) A small orange.
(b) A small banana.
(c) An apple.
(d) A pear.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How much money did Cheng withdraw from her bank after the organization of the Red Guards?

3. When Cheng was taken to an interrogation in Chapter 8, how many men were in the room?

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

5. When did the revolution occur that occur that made China a republic?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why did the overthrow of the Shanghai municipal government by the radicals shatter any hope Cheng had of a quick solution to her predicament?

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

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

5. Why did Li Zhen commit suicide?

6. Why did Cheng decide not to make a false confession?

7. Why did Cheng often think back to a few hours before midnight on July 3, 1966?

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

9. What did Cheng see from the window of Meiping's room during the looting by the Red Guards?

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

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