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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 does Chen realize about where the murder happened?

2. What do Yu and Chen agree on regarding the political aspects of the case?

3. What had the murdered woman eaten less than hour before her death?

4. What does Chen deduce, based on Guan's photos?

5. What is Chen's nickname for Lu?

Short Essay Questions

1. What good news does Wang call Chen with at the beginning of Chapter 5?

2. How does the information given to Chen by Uncle Bao and Wei Hong match up?

3. What personal information does Dr. Xia's more detailed report in Chapter 5 reveal about the body found in the canal?

4. How is the body at the center of the book's crime found?

5. What does Lu ask Chen for at the housewarming party, and what does Chen's response suggest about their relationship?

6. What is ironic about Chen's thoughts during and after his lunch date with Wang in Chapter 11?

7. When an emergency meeting is held for all involved with the case, what is announced and how does Chen feel about it?

8. Who is Peiqin, and what are her thoughts on the the case?

9. What is Party Secretary Li Guoha's relationship to Chen, and what evidence is there of this relationship in Chapter 4?

10. What did Chen do for Yu that surprised Yu and changed the way he thought of Chen?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the tone and mood (separately) of "Death of a Red Heroine", at what point(s) they change, how they change, and why.

Essay Topic 2

Explain poetry as a primary motif in "Death of a Red Heroin". Where does it appear and what forms? Why does the author include poetry as a motif?

Essay Topic 3

What is Zhang's role in "Death of a Red Heroine"? What does he represent, or what is he the personification of?

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