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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I: Chapter 3, The Red Guards.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Cheng say that her collection may be worth when the Red Guards are looting her home?
(a) A million yuan.
(b) One hundred thousand yuan.
(c) A thousan yuan.
(d) Ten thousand yuan.

2. How much money did Cheng save to give to her gardener?
(a) 800 yuan.
(b) 400 yuan.
(c) 700 yuan.
(d) 300 yuan.

3. What had Cheng's servant Lao-zhao left for her on a tray on a coffee table on July 3, 1966?
(a) Iced coffee.
(b) Iced water.
(c) Lemonade.
(d) Iced tea.

4. At the beginning of Chapter 3, what flowers could Cheng smell from her garden?
(a) Jasmine.
(b) Flowering plum.
(c) Magnolias.
(d) Roses.

5. How many people did Mr. Hu say in each organization must be declared to be the "enemy" because that is the percentage that Chairman Mao mentioned in a speech?
(a) One per cent.
(b) Twelve per cent.
(c) Six per cent.
(d) Three to five per cent.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money did Cheng withdraw from her bank after the organization of the Red Guards?

2. When did the Red Guards come to loot Cheng's house?

3. Who was the artist who painted the painting that hung in Cheng's dining room in 1966?

4. Where did Li Zhen's children live?

5. By 1966, how many years had passed since Cheng's husband had died?

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