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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. Why type of tea did Lao-zhao serve Chen and Li Zhen?

2. In 1956, where did Cheng and her husband visit offices of Shell Corporation?

3. In what year did Beijing publish the official propaganda line that the Kuomintang were about to launch an attack?

4. At No. 1 Detention House, when did Cheng wake with a streaming cold and a severe headache?

5. How long did it take the Communist Party to overthrow the Kuomintang government?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why didn't Cheng believe that her cellmate received the death penalty?

5. What accusations did the interrogator make against Cheng in Chapter 6?

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

7. 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?

8. What advice did Mr. Hu come to give Cheng in Chapter 2?

9. What nightmare did Cheng have in Chapter 6?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Using examples from the book, discuss why Cheng had mixed emotions about leaving China.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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