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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. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what flowers could Cheng smell from her garden?

2. What did a prisoner sing on Christmas Eve?

3. What number was Cheng assigned when she was taken to No. 1 Dentention House?

4. What time was Cheng left along in her cell at No. 1 Detention House?

5. When Cheng was taken to a struggle meeting on July 4, 1966, who was the target of the meeting?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Cheng do to try to discipline herself with physical and mental exercise?

3. How was evidence manufactured against Liu Shaoqi?

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

5. How did the bout of pneumonia that Cheng suffered in the winter of 1967 lead to her rapid physical deterioration?

6. What did a Red Guard do when Cheng told him it was against the Constitution of the People's Republic to enter a private home without a search warrant?

7. What did going to prison mean in Mao Zedong's China?

8. After the Cultural Revolution was launched, why did Cheng decide not to apply for a travel permit to Hong Kong?

9. Why wasn't Cheng afraid to die?

10. How did Xiao Xu escape to Hong Kong?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book, discuss the pressures that Cheng's brother experienced that contributed to him making a false accusation against Cheng.

Essay Topic 2

Da De sad that people were not free agents and that good people were sometimes forced to do bad things. Using examples from the book, explain why in China people were not free agents and why they were forced to do bad things.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, discuss how a faith in God helped Cheng deal with the challenges of imprisonment.

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