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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. When did Cheng's mother die?

2. What vehicle was waiting to take Cheng to her new home after her release from the detention house?

3. Where did Mr. Hu spend his childhood years?

4. A month of rain was called the huangmei. What was the rain named after?

5. What did Cheng use to bandage her wrists after the handcuffs were removed?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Cheng solve the problem of visitors showing up day and night?

2. What would happen to someone who was expelled from the Communist Party?

3. What did Cheng say when the interrogators insisted that she had had a photo taken in front of a Kuomintang flag?

4. When did Cheng first have an inkling that another round of power struggles was occurring at the top?

5. How did Cheng persuade an official to give her a passport application?

6. How did Cheng tactfully decline Mr. Hu's proposal?

7. What was wrong with Cheng's old friend Winnie?

8. What agreement did China and Canada make in 1970?

9. Why wasn't China an egalitarian society?

10. What did Cheng discover when she went to the Shanghai Athletics Association building to learn more about Meiping's death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss why the circumstances of Meiping's death seemed suspicious. Use examples from "Life and Death in Shanghai."

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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