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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part III: Chapter 15, A Student Who Was Different.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the diagnosis for Cheng's condition when she was taken to the hospital in 1973?
(a) Bladder cancer.
(b) Kidney cancer.
(c) Uterine cancer.
(d) Colon cancer.

2. When was Cheng released from No. 1 Dentention House?
(a) March 27, 1973.
(b) February 13, 1975.
(c) May 12, 1972.
(d) April 16, 1974.

3. While the interrogators were trying to get Cheng to confirm her brother's accusation, what did they refuse to give her?
(a) Vitamins.
(b) Hot showers.
(c) Rice.
(d) Sulfa drugs.

4. During the autumn of 1970, what American writer had his photo taken with Mao?
(a) Thomas Pynchon.
(b) Edgar Snow.
(c) Don DeLillo.
(d) Cormac McCarthy.

5. How many days was Cheng forced to return to the interrogation room and read a letter drafted by Mao Zedong in 1948?
(a) 4 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 2 days.
(d) 5 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Cheng's servant Lao-zhao left for her on a tray on a coffee table on July 3, 1966?

2. By January 1969, how long had it been since Cheng was interrogated?

3. When was possession of firearms in China declared to be illegal?

4. Who accompanied Cheng to the hospital in Chapter 9?

5. What was the road in front of the former British consulate renamed?

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