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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 was Cheng's disabled student handicapped?
(a) A bicycle accident.
(b) A fall.
(c) A birth defect.
(d) Polio.

2. Who was waiting for Cheng when she was released from the detention house?
(a) Winnie.
(b) Meiping.
(c) Hean.
(d) Chen-Ma.

3. How many students was Cheng teaching English to in Chapter 15?
(a) Five.
(b) Six.
(c) Seven.
(d) Eight.

4. How many of Cheng's porcelain pieces did the Shanghai Museum wish to purchase?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Nineteen.

5. What size were Cheng's fingers when her handcuffs were removed?
(a) Size of carrots.
(b) Size of a spring roll.
(c) Size of celery sticks.
(d) Size of three pencils bound together.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the date of the National Day of the People's Republic of China?

2. What type of a funeral did Cheng's mother have?

3. How much money did Cheng give Da De for a wedding present?

4. What did Dr. Gu give to the Shanghai Museum?

5. When did the militia surround the Zhou's memorial at Tiananmen Square and kill, wound, or arrest unarmed demonstrators?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Maoists think about individuals who may have made important scientific or artistic contributions to China's cultural life before the Communists came to power?

2. What did Cheng discover when she went to the Shanghai Athletics Association building to learn more about Meiping's death?

3. What did Cheng decide had happened when the preface was removed from her book of Mao quotations?

4. How did Cheng tactfully decline Mr. Hu's proposal?

5. What would happen to celebrate the National Day of the People's Republic of China?

6. What did Cheng want done before she would leave the detention house?

7. After giving Cheng eggs in her food, what did the kitchen woman do to keep Cheng from thanking her?

8. What permanent damage was done to Cheng's hands after she was handcuffed for eleven days?

9. How did Cheng persuade an official to give her a passport application?

10. What did Cheng find at the bookstore when she went looking for English textbooks?

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