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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. After Cheng's handcuffs were removed, what extra food was buried at the bottom of her food container?
(a) A piece of beef.
(b) Two hard-boiled eggs.
(c) Scrambled eggs.
(d) A piece of pork.

2. How many lived in the Zhu's half of the house?
(a) Nine.
(b) Seven.
(c) Six.
(d) Five.

3. Where did Ai-yi's husband and son live?
(a) Huqiu.
(b) Shihuabang.
(c) Suzhou.
(d) Canglang.

4. In January 1971, how large was the room where Cheng was locked in after an interrogation session?
(a) About 4 ft. square.
(b) About 6 ft. square.
(c) About 5 ft. square.
(d) About 8 ft. square.

5. When did Cheng's brother make a confession that caused problems for Cheng?
(a) End of 1969.
(b) In 1966.
(c) End of 1968.
(d) In 1967.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Meiping born?

2. How much did Cheng weigh after being released from the detention house?

3. During the autumn of 1970, what American writer had his photo taken with Mao?

4. Where was Meiping born?

5. When did Cheng's mother die?

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

3. What was wrong with Cheng's old friend Winnie?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What did it mean to get things through the "back door"?

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

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