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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 was the date of the National Day of the People's Republic of China?

2. How much money did Cheng give Da De for a wedding present?

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

4. How old was Da De's girlfriend?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Cheng think that she was signaled out for special treatment when she donated her porcelain pieces to the Shanghai Museum?

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

3. What did Cheng find at the bookstore when she went looking for English textbooks?

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

5. Why wasn't China an egalitarian society?

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

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

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

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

10. What would happen to celebrate the National Day of the People's Republic of China?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

Mao believed in learning to swim by swimming. Discuss what Mao meant by that statement and how well the concept worked in actual practice.

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