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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What day of the week were prisoners in No. 1 Detention House allowed to have brooms?

2. What did Cheng silently recite to herself when handcuffs were waved at her and she was ordered to confess?

3. What physical problems was Cheng having in the fall of 1968?

4. When did Cheng visit the tomb of Ming emperor Wanli?

5. What direction did Cheng's cell face at No. 1 Detention House?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was one old man's experience with a "rotating struggle"?

2. Why did it trouble Cheng that she was put in a ward with surgical cases?

3. How did Lao-zhao get information to Cheng?

4. How was evidence manufactured against Liu Shaoqi?

5. What were the nine categories of enemies during the Cultural Revolution?

6. What was Cheng's job at the Shell Petroleum Company?

7. How did Cheng gain a moral advantage over her interrogator and reinforce her self-confidence?

8. During a meeting at the technical school in March 1969, why did Cheng laugh when Tao gave a confession?

9. How were the inmates' sheets laundered at No. 1 Detention House?

10. Why did the overthrow of the Shanghai municipal government by the radicals shatter any hope Cheng had of a quick solution to her predicament?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hean's mother told Cheng that "we can't always be our true selves." Discuss why it was not possible for Hean's mother, for Cheng, or for others to be their true selves living in China.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss how the arrest of the Gang of Four changed life for Cheng and others in China.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the accusations made against Cheng and how she responded to the accusations. Use examples from the book.

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