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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 did Cheng's old gardener tell her happened to Lao-zhao when he was beaten by the Red Guards?
(a) Cracked a rib.
(b) Received a concussion.
(c) Broke his arm.
(d) Broke his leg.

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

3. When did Zhou Enlai die?
(a) May, 1976.
(b) March, 1976.
(c) February, 1976.
(d) January, 1976.

4. A month of rain was called the huangmei. What was the rain named after?
(a) Flowering crab.
(b) Chinese dogwood.
(c) Flowering Crabapple.
(d) Yellow plum.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In January 1971, how long was Cheng locked in a cement box in another building?

2. Who personally arrested Jian Qing?

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

4. When was the "Gang of Four" arrested?

5. How much of Cheng's porcelain collection was returned to her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. When did Cheng first have an inkling that another round of power struggles was occurring at the top?

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

5. Why wasn't China an egalitarian society?

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

7. How did Cheng determine if Liu Xing was really a friend of Meiping's?

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

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

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

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