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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 10, what 1950s propaganda film was being criticized?

2. When was the "Gang of Four" arrested?

3. What did Cheng buy the Zhous for a New Year present?

4. In Chapter 16, where did Ai-yi go to stay at night?

5. While the interrogators were trying to get Cheng to confirm her brother's accusation, what did they refuse to give her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Cheng think about the irony of life in China as she watched her disabled student struggle with a disability?

2. How did Cheng determine if Liu Xing was really a friend of Meiping's?

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

4. What did a man read about Cheng's case before she was released?

5. What did it mean to get things through the "back door"?

6. Why did Hean think that the government wanted to be nice to Cheng after her release?

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

8. Why wasn't China an egalitarian society?

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

10. What permanent damage was done to Cheng's hands after she was handcuffed for eleven days?

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

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 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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