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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. Who was named Mao's successor at the Ninth Party Congress?

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

3. Where was Cheng kicked when she tried to stop a young man from breaking some of her collection when the Red Guards were in her home?

4. Who did the interrogator say was a double agent at Shell?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Describe Cheng's cell at No. 1 Detention House.

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

4. What damage did Xiao Xu, a schoolteacher friend of Meiping's, report that the Red Guards were perpetrating in Shanghai?

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

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

7. What did Mr. Hu say about Communist Party officials and an inferiority complex?

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

9. Why did Cheng decide not to make a false confession?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book, discuss the problems that the Zhus caused for Cheng and how Cheng solved those problems.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Using examples from the book, discuss Meiping's attitude toward the challenges she experienced growing up in Communist China, especially since she was from a non-working class family.

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