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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 watch is missing when the Red Guards ask Cheng to inventory her jewelry?
(a) A Swiss watch.
(b) A German watch.
(c) Her husband's watch.
(d) A British Watch.

2. In March 1969 at the technical school, what did Cheng do when she heard Tao's confession?
(a) Yelled.
(b) Cried.
(c) Screamed.
(d) Laughed.

3. How many pockets could officers have on their uniforms?
(a) Four pockets.
(b) Two pockets.
(c) One pocket.
(d) Three pockets.

4. How long did Cheng believe that she had to stand and read a letter drafted by Mao Zedong in December 1948?
(a) Five hours.
(b) Six hours.
(c) Eight hours.
(d) Seven hours.

5. When did Defense Minister Lin Biao abolish all military insignia?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1963.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would Cheng and Meiping communicate when Cheng was under house arrest?

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

3. How many sheets of papers did Cheng use for her autobiography?

4. How many years was the Cultural Revolution in effect?

5. By January 1969, how long had it been since Cheng was interrogated?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Cheng think the United States trained doctor was working in the prison hospital?

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

5. Why did Xiao Xu tell Cheng that she and Meiping should flee to Hong Kong?

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

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

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

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

10. What did going to prison mean in Mao Zedong's China?

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