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

2. What emotions did Cheng feel after a statement was read indicating why she was being released?
(a) Gratitude and surprise.
(b) Anger and disgust.
(c) Frustration and dread.
(d) Joy and happiness.

3. Why was Cheng questioned by a member of the Military Control Commission of the People's Art Theater?
(a) To discuss Chen Boda.
(b) To discuss Huang Zuolin.
(c) To discuss Lin Liguo.
(d) To discuss Du Fu.

4. In January 1971, how long was Cheng locked in a cement box in another building?
(a) Almost twenty-four hours.
(b) Almost thirty-six hours.
(c) Twenty hours.
(d) Eighteen hours.

5. What type of trees did the Housing Bureau plant in Cheng's garden?
(a) Tallow Trees.
(b) Maple Trees.
(c) Metasequoia trees.
(d) Plum trees.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was Meiping living after the Revolutionaries took Cheng away?

2. How was Cheng's disabled student handicapped?

3. In a newspaper in 1970, whose name was not listed with the names of members of the standing committee of the Politburo?

4. When did Cheng's brother make a confession that caused problems for Cheng?

5. After Cheng's handcuffs were removed, how high was the swelling on her arms?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Cheng say when the interrogators insisted that she had had a photo taken in front of a Kuomintang flag?

2. Why did Hean think that the government wanted to be nice to Cheng after her release?

3. Why wasn't China an egalitarian society?

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

5. Why did Cheng think about the irony of life in China as she watched her disabled student struggle with a disability?

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

7. What opportunity did Cheng have when she was asked to answer questions about her relatives or friends?

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

9. What agreement did China and Canada make in 1970?

10. What would happen to someone who was expelled from the Communist Party?

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