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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. What did Dr. Gu give to the Shanghai Museum?
2. How long did it take after Cheng was manacled for her to be able to stretch her arms straight out in front of her?
3. How many of Cheng's porcelain pieces did the Shanghai Museum wish to purchase?
4. When did the United States and China establish diplomatic relations?
5. What language were all Chinese supposed to speak?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Maoists think about individuals who may have made important scientific or artistic contributions to China's cultural life before the Communists came to power?
2. How did Cheng solve the problem of visitors showing up day and night?
3. Why did Hean think that the government wanted to be nice to Cheng after her release?
4. When did Cheng first have an inkling that another round of power struggles was occurring at the top?
5. How did Cheng determine if Liu Xing was really a friend of Meiping's?
6. What agreement did China and Canada make in 1970?
7. What permanent damage was done to Cheng's hands after she was handcuffed for eleven days?
8. What did Cheng say when the interrogators insisted that she had had a photo taken in front of a Kuomintang flag?
9. Why did Cheng think about the irony of life in China as she watched her disabled student struggle with a disability?
10. What did it mean to get things through the "back door"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Da De sad that people were not free agents and that good people were sometimes forced to do bad things. Using examples from the book, explain why in China people were not free agents and why they were forced to do bad things.
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 why Cheng had mixed emotions about leaving China.
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