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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How would Cheng and Meiping communicate when Cheng was under house arrest?
(a) Through notes in the garden.
(b) By meeting when the guards were asleep.
(c) Through Lao-zhao.
(d) By notes left in the bathroom.

2. In March 1969 at the technical school, what did Cheng do when she heard Tao's confession?
(a) Cried.
(b) Yelled.
(c) Laughed.
(d) Screamed.

3. By January 1969, how long had it been since Cheng was interrogated?
(a) Sixteen months.
(b) Over two years.
(c) Over three years.
(d) Eighteen months.

4. What was the name of club where Cheng danced with a Swiss friend in the 1950s?
(a) Shanghai Club.
(b) French Club.
(c) German Club.
(d) British Club.

5. What was Tao's job at Shell?
(a) Chief lawyer.
(b) Assistant manager.
(c) Chief accountant.
(d) Supervisor.

6. What day of the week were prisoners in No. 1 Detention House allowed to have brooms?
(a) Fridays.
(b) Saturdays.
(c) Mondays.
(d) Sundays.

7. What physical problems was Cheng having in the fall of 1968?
(a) Coughing.
(b) Hemorrhaging.
(c) Fainting spells.
(d) Headaches.

8. Why type of tea did Lao-zhao serve Chen and Li Zhen?
(a) Jasmine tea.
(b) Black tea.
(c) Chrysanthemum tea.
(d) Green tea.

9. When did the Communist Army enter Shanghai?
(a) 1951.
(b) 1949.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1961.

10. In Chapter 7, when did Cheng stop receiving a newspaper in her cell?
(a) December 2.
(b) November 30.
(c) December 27.
(d) November 15.

11. What type of vehicle was used to take Cheng to and from the struggle meeting?
(a) A heavy duty truck.
(b) Green jeep.
(c) Black jeep.
(d) A Soviet car.

12. In Chapter 9, to which ward at the hospital was Cheng taken?
(a) Orthopedic ward.
(b) TB ward.
(c) Surgical ward.
(d) Infectious diseases ward.

13. How much money did Cheng withdraw from her bank after the organization of the Red Guards?
(a) 6,000 yuan.
(b) 10,000 yuan.
(c) 8,000 yuan.
(d) 20,000 yuan.

14. At Cheng's struggle meeting, the man in the tinted glasses told how many Chinese were killed in the eight year war with Japan. How many Chinese were killed?
(a) Ten million.
(b) Twelve million.
(c) Five million.
(d) One million.

15. Who did Cheng quote when the interrogator said that one of Mao's quotes was not meant to refer to her?
(a) Deng Xiaoping.
(b) Han Suyin.
(c) Karl Marx.
(d) Marshal Lin Biao.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many pockets could officers have on their uniforms?

2. How long did Cheng believe that she had to stand and read a letter drafted by Mao Zedong in December 1948?

3. Who did the interrogator say was a double agent at Shell?

4. While Cheng was in the hospital for her hemorrhaging, what extra food was she given one evening?

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?

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