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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. In Chapter 9, to which ward at the hospital was Cheng taken?

2. What watch is missing when the Red Guards ask Cheng to inventory her jewelry?

3. By the winter of 1967, how many times a day did everyone have to read from Mao's book of quotations?

4. What part of her house was Cheng locked in while the Red Guard looted her home?

5. How much money was Cheng carrying when she arrived at No. 1 Detention House?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the delay in activating the Cultural Revolution?

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

3. What were some of prison regulations at No. 1 Detention House?

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

5. Why didn't Cheng go to Hong Kong when Shell applied to close the office in 1965?

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

7. How had Cheng been able to get books from a bookshop in London?

8. 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?

9. Why did Cheng often think back to a few hours before midnight on July 3, 1966?

10. What did the Red Guards do to Cheng's store cupboard when they looted her house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Mao believed in learning to swim by swimming. Discuss what Mao meant by that statement and how well the concept worked in actual practice.

Essay Topic 2

Confucious said that "A compassionate heart is possessed by every human being." Using examples from the book, discuss whether Cheng found that quotation to be true during the Cultural Revolution.

Essay Topic 3

In 1969, Cheng notes that the people taking part in parades organized to celebrate the conclusion of the Ninth Party Congress were very different from the excited crowds of three years ago. Compare and contrast the actions and attitudes of the people in the street in 1969 to those in the streets in 1966.

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