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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 foreign official visited Beijing in February, 1972?
(a) Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
(b) President Nixon.
(c) Prime Minister Edward Heath.
(d) Vice President Spiro Agnew.

2. When did the United States and China establish diplomatic relations?
(a) January 1, 1979.
(b) February 1, 1979.
(c) April 1, 1979.
(d) March 1, 1979.

3. In a newspaper in 1970, whose name was not listed with the names of members of the standing committee of the Politburo?
(a) Chen Boda.
(b) Hua Guofeng.
(c) Ye Jianying.
(d) Yao Wenyuan.

4. What was the name of Meiping's fiance?
(a) Sun Kai.
(b) Chen Yi.
(c) Du Fu.
(d) Tang Yin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 16, where did Ai-yi go to stay at night?

2. Who was waiting for Cheng when she was released from the detention house?

3. A month of rain was called the huangmei. What was the rain named after?

4. How was Cheng's disabled student handicapped?

5. How many students was Cheng teaching English to in Chapter 15?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why wasn't China an egalitarian society?

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

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

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

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

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

7. 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?

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

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

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

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