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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 buy the Zhous for a New Year present?
(a) Cream cake and chocolates.
(b) Chocolates and beer.
(c) Cream cake and fruit.
(d) Fruit and chocolates.

2. What was the diagnosis for Cheng's condition when she was taken to the hospital in 1973?
(a) Bladder cancer.
(b) Uterine cancer.
(c) Colon cancer.
(d) Kidney cancer.

3. How long did Chinese New Year celebrations last when Cheng was a child?
(a) One month.
(b) Two months.
(c) Forty-five days.
(d) Fifteen days.

4. How far did the Zhus have to go to get water and use the bathroom after the Red Guards looted their home?
(a) More than 200 yards.
(b) More than 100 yards.
(c) About 150 yards.
(d) About 250 yards.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where was the National Day parade held in Beijing?

2. After Cheng had another bad hemorrhage in 1973, to what hospital was she taken?

3. When did Meiping die?

4. In January 1971, how large was the room where Cheng was locked in after an interrogation session?

5. What was the name of Meiping's fiance?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Cheng think that she was signaled out for special treatment when she donated her porcelain pieces to the Shanghai Museum?

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

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

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

8. How did Cheng solve the problem of visitors showing up day and night?

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

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

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